Lot Essay
There are only two other fans of this type known, one is in the Messel-Rosse Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A rare mica fan
Details
A rare mica fan
the leaf composed of seventy-two panes of mica painted with busti of ladies, flowers and peacocks - 8in.(20cm.), circa 1685
See colour plate on cover
the leaf composed of seventy-two panes of mica painted with busti of ladies, flowers and peacocks - 8in.(20cm.), circa 1685
See colour plate on cover
Provenance
The Bumpus Collection, Christie's 1969
Exhibited
Collector's Choice, The Fan Museum, 1995, no. 3 illustrated figure C
Further details
VARIOUS PROPERTIES