23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 9
 

9

The Sacrifice of Iphigènia: An Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the monture inlaid with lightly...

The Sacrifice of Iphigènia: An Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the monture inlaid with lightly carved mother of pearl and piqué, the gorge sticks also pierced. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts The Sacrifice of Iphigènia, the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Argos. Agamemnon had offended the goddess Artemis, by killing a deer in her sacred grove, who retaliates by commanding him to kill Iphigenia as a sacrifice so his ships can sail to Troy. The scene includes a bowl waiting for the severed head, and a hovering angel. The verso is quite vibrantly painted with a couple in the countryside. Guard length 28.5cm
Not Sold

 

Yellowing to the ivory. A mother of pearl panel/ivory section on the upper guard has been repaired causing the guard to warp, two gorge sticks are broken and held together with tape. The folds are very rubbed.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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