23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
  Lot 61
 

61

An Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the sticks plain with shaped shoulders, and mother of pearl...

An Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the sticks plain with shaped shoulders, and mother of pearl thumb guards, the double paper leaf depicting a shepherdess and sheep in a simple rural environment, a boy carrying a lamb on his shoulders, a tree and house in the distance. Some gold highlights to the patterns on clothing. On the verso, a simple tree, a bird perched on a branch, its face black, its breast a ruby red. Guard length 28cm
Not Sold

 

Fresh and clean for its age. One tiny section of leaf lifting on the recto.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 1, 23rd May, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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