23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 37
 

37

Diana the Huntress: A Finely and Elaborately Carved and Pierced 18th Century Ivory Fan, the...

Diana the Huntress: A Finely and Elaborately Carved and Pierced 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards having a panel carved with figures that is also painted. The plain gorge sticks need no embellishment, so elaborately are they carved and pierced, the complexity and the detail of extremely high workmanship. Carved in relief in bands, the sticks include chinoiserie figures, in pairs of male and female, seemingly picking grapes from a vine, the very top edge carved with tiny but detailed buildings. Mother-of-pearl thumb guards. The double paper leaf depicts Diana the Huntress and two female attendants, hunting equipment by her side, three dogs and a dead bird. The leaf is bordered with exquisite depictions of colourful birds on gold, flowers, other symbol and lattices, highlighted in gold, a similar but less ornate border on the verso. The verso shows a young couple, the lady with a distaff of flax or cotton thread

Sold for £700
Estimated at £800 - £900


 

One gorge stick has broken on the pierced section, to the right next to the guard. Three gorge sticks have some ivory repair to the verso. The leaf is quite well rubbed. Some browning to the leaf and some repairs to the lower edge.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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