27th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2025
 

2025

A Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1770's, the monture carved and pierced and painted, the...

A Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1770's, the monture carved and pierced and painted, the gorge with attractive flowers and insects in pastel colours, highlighted in gold. The double paper leaf depicting a rather bacchanalian image of nymphs and cherubs in a woodland clearing, having seemingly been grape harvesting. The verso is painted with lovers beneath an arbour. Contained in a grey fan box.
Guard length 10.75 inches or 27 cm
Provenance: The sale of collections of Dame Joan Sutherland, O.M, and Richard Bonynge C.B.E (Dame Joan's husband, a conductor) at Sotheby's, February 9th 1995, lot 6, illustrated in the catalogue

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

. In generally good order. The box lid is deformed and does not sit well.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 27th Jun, 2019

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