25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 295
 
Lot 295 - A Mid-18th Century Bone Fan, the upper guards and gorge sticks quite simply carved and pierced. The
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A Mid-18th Century Bone Fan, the upper guards and gorge sticks quite simply carved and pierced. The

A Mid-18th Century Bone Fan, the upper guards and gorge sticks quite simply carved and pierced. The double paper leaf is painted with a charming scene of an Oriental mother and three young children at play, under the shade of a fruit tree. The tree has been used to hang a line, from which the mother has suspended two drums, or gongs, which she beats with a stick to provide rhythm for the dancing children. The family wear simple but colourful clothing in primary colours, the children in calf length trousers, their hair somewhat dishevelled, their arms aloft as they dance. To their left is a very pointed child's size pagoda, with several tiers, the roofs of red and the lower walls painted in blue, a gold figure just visible within the upper more open tier. Bells hang from the corners. The ground is planted with low growing shrubs and some sort of coral coloured vegetation. The verso is plain save for a simple delicate swag border of leaves. Guard length 27cm
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Loss to the bone where the lower guard joins the upper section. The leaf at this side is missing a section on the recto. The leaf folds are lightly rubbed.

 

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

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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