23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 25
 

25

Venus and Mars: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with carved and pierced sticks and guards, the gorge...

Venus and Mars: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with carved and pierced sticks and guards, the gorge with three vignettes, the centre with two elegant ladies dancing, the ones to the sides each with a seated gentleman watching. Closed and turned to the side, the carved sides to the gorge sticks make for interest. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts Venus and Aeneas, with Cupid in the bushes about to shoot an arrow, another winged cherub in attendance, the verso plain. Guard length 29cm
Not Sold

 

The leaf is quite rubbed and very foxed on the verso, this side also showing damage to the leaf where stuck to the guard and there is repair to at least one top fold. The ivory is discoloured. The upper guard has been repaired with a large splint secured to the back. Three gorge sticks are not secure.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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