23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 40
 
Lot 40 - An Early and Quite Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards with simple painted decoration,...
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An Early and Quite Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards with simple painted decoration,...

An Early and Quite Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards with simple painted decoration, the gorge sticks much more elaborate and vibrant, the paint quite dark in colour, highlighted in gold. The designs feature shells and bold flowers, some of which seem iridescent, perhaps with crushed mother-of-pearl in the paint?, and unusual shapes, many involving two sticks, are bordered with thin lines of gold. The lower section of the guards and the gorge is elaborately carved and shaped so as to give interest to the sticks when the fan is closed and laid on its side. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, is painted with stone arches, approaching which are a young country couple, the girl carrying a bale of straw on her head, possibly a references to Ceres, the boy perhaps a shepherd, and to the right, in their path is perhaps the altar of love. The reserves feature quite an exotic flower border, and centrally at the top are more shells. The verso shows a simple scene of trees and wood fences by water, hills in the distance. The gorge is highlighted simply around pierced sections. Guard length 26.5cm

Sold for £180
Estimated at £250 - £500


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The leaf may have been shortened to the sides. The folds are rubbed. The verso is quite marked in proximity to the ribs.

 

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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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