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18TH-19TH CENTURY
Details
TWO FINELY CARVED AND INSCRIBED BAMBOO FANS
18TH-19TH CENTURY
One fan is delicately carved and incised to the shaped bamboo panel with the image of Suwu holding a long staff, beside two recumbent rams and a long poetic inscription. The other fan illustrates an interior scene with a seated mother playing with her son as a cat sits close by; the window reveals a large wutong tree with leafy branches, all below an inscription which dates this to the summer of the cyclical year of gengyin. Both fans are set with Indian rosewood handles detailed with stylised scrolling designs.
The larger 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long
18TH-19TH CENTURY
One fan is delicately carved and incised to the shaped bamboo panel with the image of Suwu holding a long staff, beside two recumbent rams and a long poetic inscription. The other fan illustrates an interior scene with a seated mother playing with her son as a cat sits close by; the window reveals a large wutong tree with leafy branches, all below an inscription which dates this to the summer of the cyclical year of gengyin. Both fans are set with Indian rosewood handles detailed with stylised scrolling designs.
The larger 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 26 November 1998, lot 97 (fan with immortal and rams)
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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