25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 282
 

282

Flora and Zephyr: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1760's to 1770's, the monture ornate with...

Flora and Zephyr: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1760's to 1770's, the monture ornate with heavy guards and elaborately gilded and silvered sticks, pierced and carved with some designs covering two sticks. The carved guards feature a figure and child, and musical instruments. The gorge alternates between heavy sticks in pairs and single sticks with a variety of designs, the paired sticks with gilded figures, possibly musicians, the central vignette spread over four sticks, creating an elaborate gilded frame for the four figures within, who are also either playing an instrument or acting a part in a play. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts Flora, Goddess of Flowers and of the Spring surrounded by cherubs and flowers, and her husband Zephyr, the Wind God, a winged cherub with a lyre flying beside him. A group of three seated winged cherubs are playing with flowers whilst a solitary cherub is playing with flowers next to a stone pedestal that serves as a gushing water fountain and is topped by a pair of embracing stone cherubs. To each side of this scene, circular cartouches are painted with baskets and fruit. The reserves are simply painted with flowers, being pink roses, blue carnations and a deeper blue flower with a yellow centre. The verso is painted with a simple basket of fruit. Guard length 27.5cm
Not Sold

 

Some brown stains across the verso, and the very top edge of the leaf has had some attention. The folds are rubbed and the burgau has a tiny loss to a bottom corner.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 2, 25th Jul, 2018

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