Lot 107
107
A rare decoupe fan attributed to Preissler, the leaf of finely cut paper painted with a hunting scene, with six vignettes of mica applied with decoupe work, the verso with three port scenes in carmine, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted - 10in. (26cm.), Bohemian, early 18th century, mounted slightly later (some wear)
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A rare decoupe fan attributed to Preissler, the leaf of finely cut paper painted with a hunting scene, with six vignettes of mica applied with decoupe work, the verso with three port scenes in carmine, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted - 10in. (26cm.), Bohemian, early 18th century, mounted slightly later (some wear)

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A rare decoupe fan attributed to Preissler, the leaf of finely cut paper painted with a hunting scene, with six vignettes of mica applied with decoupe work, the verso with three port scenes in carmine, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted - 10in. (26cm.), Bohemian, early 18th century, mounted slightly later (some wear)
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Provenance
Helen Doble, Fan Collector and friend of Miss Esther Oldham. She left her collection to Tufts University; thence sold
Literature
Four similar fans are known: one in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich exhibited in Facher 1987, no.4.
Another in The Royal Collection
Another in the Messel-Rosse Collection, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in Woolliscroft Rhead, The History of the Fan, 1910, p.107
and lot 308, in the Important Collection of Fans, sold Christie's South Kensington, 11 June 1991
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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