23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 46
 

46

Animal Husbandry: An 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, the guards most unusually...

Animal Husbandry: An 18th Century Carved and Pierced Ivory Fan, the guards most unusually inlaid with painted porcelain panels (most likely 19th century), the recto with an exquisite depiction of a shepherdess, flowers and a basket lower down, the verso with her beau, seemingly lost in thought. The gorge sticks with three sea-green painted areas depict, in the centre, classical columns and statues, featuring cherubs, the panel to the left painted with a mythological winged beast, the right having a simple butterfly and flowers. The surrounding piercing features birds, urns and flowers, some with gold highlights. Mother of pearl thumb guards. Rivet lacking. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, painted in subdued colours, shows a rural scene of animal husbandry, several men and one woman attending to the animals, one on horseback, the sheep, cows and perhaps a bull taking water or at rest. In contrast the verso depicts an oriental gathering of men and a boy, taking refreshment, the central character holding a fixed feather fan, fawns and flowers to the right, two colourful birds with long tail feathers to the left. Guard length 30cm. Together with a cream, unlabelled, card fan box

Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £900


 

The leaf is rubbed mainly to the sides although some rubbing to the folds. The guards both have minor chips to the inlays, see under the feet of the figures. No rivet, part rivet available in the box.

 


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

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