25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 318
 

318

A Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1740, the monture decorated with straw, the double leaf...

A Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1740, the monture decorated with straw, the double leaf an engraved mythological scene of Europa being abducted by a white bull (Zeus), by sea to Crete. Cupid fires his bow and arrow to the right of the scene. The simple verso depicts moths and a dragonfly. Both guards bear the same decoration of flowers, carved and painted, and overlaid straw panels which resemble columns. The gorge sticks are similarly decorated, but on the verso are more simple, plain ivory alternating in pairs with turquoise paint and mauve flowers. Guard length 29cm

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000


 

Generally sound, all straw present, the leaf slightly foxed recto/verso, some slight loss to the leaf on the verso, hard to see. Upper guard slightly warped.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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