Lot 106
106
A rare Japanese telescopic fan, the leaf painted with cranes and flowers against a gold ground, the verso fish, with ivory sticks, the guardsticks decorated with Shibayama work birds, insects, wisteria and daisies, with ogime with three Shibayama work insects - 7in.(18cm.)extened, 5.5in. (14cm.), closed, circa 1880 (old repair to one guardstick, slight repairs to the gold ground of leaf)
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A rare Japanese telescopic fan, the leaf painted with cranes and flowers against a gold ground, the verso fish, with ivory sticks, the guardsticks decorated with Shibayama work birds, insects, wisteria and daisies, with ogime with three Shibayama work insects - 7in.(18cm.)extened, 5.5in. (14cm.), closed, circa 1880 (old repair to one guardstick, slight repairs to the gold ground of leaf)

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A rare Japanese telescopic fan, the leaf painted with cranes and flowers against a gold ground, the verso fish, with ivory sticks, the guardsticks decorated with Shibayama work birds, insects, wisteria and daisies, with ogime with three Shibayama work insects - 7in.(18cm.)extened, 5.5in. (14cm.), closed, circa 1880 (old repair to one guardstick, slight repairs to the gold ground of leaf)
See Colour Plate 3 and Front Cover
Literature
Hutt, Julia and Helene Alexander, Ogi, A History of the Fan, 1992, plate 46, p. 75
Exhibited
Fans of the Four Season, The Fan Museum, 1991, catalogue no. 105
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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