22nd Nov, 2019 9:30 GMT/BST

Antiques & Interiors (Part II) including Fans

 
Lot 1090
 

1090

An 18th century ivory fan, with slender plain guards and carved and pierced gorge sticks, worked in

An 18th century ivory fan, with slender plain guards and carved and pierced gorge sticks, worked in pairs, the head carved and shaped like an acorn. The monture supports a double paper leaf, with a fine design in chinoiserie fashion, depicting scenes of daily life with the addition of birds with colourful feathers, a large bird perched on a glorious flowering stylised tree. To the foreground, kneeling, amongst birds, a female figure who appears also to have wings. The verso is plain save for a spray of white flowers. Accompanied by a period card fan tube with green/brown exterior decoration. Guard length 10.25 inches or 26cm; together with A late 18th century ivory fan, the monture Chinese Export, the guards deeply carved in separate panels, the upper guards featuring a large robed figure. The gorge sticks are carved in more traditional geometric designs. In contrast the vellum leaf, mounted à l'Anglaise, is painted in European taste, the reserves with delicate painting of Heartsease to one side and a delicate pink flower spray to the left. Centrally, a detailed depiction of a European Harbour, most likely Italy, with boats in full sail, a stone town wall with sentries on the towers, formal buildings in the middle leaf, and mountains and other fortresses in the distance. The verso is painted with a pink floral spray similar to that on the recto. Guard length 11.25 inches or 28.5cm (2)

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £300


 

. fan 1 - The monture is sound. The leaf has some losses and repairs to the verso, the recto has some splitting to the folds and some slight damage to the top right side. The tube lacks the lid. fan 2 - The centre of the leaf is quite badly damaged, which has led to it being rather crumpled, with some fragments missing. The monture appears sound.

 


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Auction: Antiques & Interiors (Part II) including Fans, 22nd Nov, 2019

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