7th Dec, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 29
 

29

A Late 18th Century Italian Ivory Fan, the monture very finely pierced and carved, with...

A Late 18th Century Italian Ivory Fan, the monture very finely pierced and carved, with tortoiseshell thumb guards and portrait plaques carved on the upper guards. The double velum leaf is painted with a central cartouche depicting Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Showing her Children as her only Ornaments. On the right, a young woman holding a necklace, Cornelia to the left, indicating her two sons, with a female servant approaching. The reserves and borders painted with delicate classical designs. The verso is plain pale blue. Guard length 11.25 inches or 28.5cm. Together with a modern card fan box.
After Benjamin West (1738 to 1820), an American Neoclassical Artist, who became the second President of the Royal Academy

Sold for £300
Estimated at £400 - £800


 

The recto is clean, the verso slightly soiled. One sliver of the gorge carving missing, to the left.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 7th Dec, 2018

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