23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 20
 

20

Moses and the Israelites in the Promised Land: An Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the sticks...

Moses and the Israelites in the Promised Land: An Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the sticks plain other than a mother-of-pearl tip to each guard and mother-of-pearl thumb guards. The painted vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts the escape of the Israelites from Egypt, possessions scattered to the left of Moses, in yellow, the coastline behind. The verso has simple painted wavy lines up the leaf supports. Guard length 26.5cm

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

Good strong colours but leaf rubbed, and a little creased at the sides with some repairs to the folds. The first stick in to the left is stuck to the guard.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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