A Very Simple 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, its detail laying with the carving of...
A Very Simple 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, its detail laying with the carving of the gorge sticks and the lower sections of the guards, into several bands, making for interest when the fan is closed and seen from the side. One opinion has it that such fans, with a simple plain green silk leaf, bordered in gold, were for the use of gentlemen. The verso is the same. Guard length 28cm