23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 7
 

7

The Family of Darius before Alexander: A Fine 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, with...

The Family of Darius before Alexander: A Fine 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, with colourful vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, the gorge sticks intricately pierced and carved with three vignettes, all with Chinese figures, the guards in a more classical fashion. The wife, daughters and mother of Darius III, the last King of the Achaemenid Empire, are depicted being presented to Alexander The Great in 333 BC, following Darius's defeat at the Battle of Issus. Alexander displayed forgiveness and treated his captives well. After the oil painting by Paolo Verenese, in the National Gallery, London. The verso is cream and painted with a tree branch on which perches a bird aside its nest with two eggs inside, above two colourful and detailed butterflies, and around are flowers to include roses, carnations and heartsease Guard length 29cm

Sold for £500
Estimated at £600 - £800


 

Monture sound? Good strong colours, leaf folds rubbed.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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