23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 33
 

33

Flora and Zephyr: An 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, with mother-of-pearl thumb...

Flora and Zephyr: An 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, with mother-of-pearl thumb guards. The upper guards are elaborately carved with two figures and a large urn, with some light colour painting. The lower sections are more classical. The gorge is carved to the left with a lady dancing, her skirts swirling, and to the right with three more dancers, the background piercing very finely worked. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts Flora, Goddess of Flowers and of the Spring and her husband Zephyr, the Wind God, a winged cherub to the side, a lady gathering flowers with a child to the right, the verso with a simple painting of a lady with a panier. Guard length 26cm
Not Sold

 

The leaf is quite rubbed at each side. The verso is dirty and has a few stains. The upper guards are likely to be later replacements.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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