A rare Court fan, the paper leaf painted with figures in Turkish dress in a classical garden with fountains and monuments, the verso with a classical couple, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with chinoiserie figures, the gilt metal guardsticks set with coloured paste birds and flowers - 11in.(28cm.), English, mid-18th century

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A rare Court fan, the paper leaf painted with figures in Turkish dress in a classical garden with fountains and monuments, the verso with a classical couple, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with chinoiserie figures, the gilt metal guardsticks set with coloured paste birds and flowers - 11in.(28cm.), English, mid-18th century
See colour plate 8

Lot Essay

This fan is clearly by the same fanmaker as the Court watch fan sold at Christie's South Kensington lot 74, 12 December 1995

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