Lot 165
165
An ivory brise fan, with a central monogram J A, the reserves with swags, delicate flowers, birds, beetles, butterflies and dragonflies, the guardsticks very finely carved and pierced with flowers--10½in. (26.5cm.), Canton or Indian, one stick and ribbon broken; and an 18th century fan, the chickenskin leaf painted with three ladies and two gentlemen by a fountain, the verso with a riverside scene, with mother-of-pearl sticks, very damaged
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An ivory brise fan, with a central monogram J A, the reserves with swags, delicate flowers, birds, beetles, butterflies and dragonflies, the guardsticks very finely carved and pierced with flowers--10½in. (26.5cm.), Canton or Indian, one stick and ribbon broken; and an 18th century fan, the chickenskin leaf painted with three ladies and two gentlemen by a fountain, the verso with a riverside scene, with mother-of-pearl sticks, very damaged

Details
An ivory brise fan, with a central monogram J A, the reserves with swags, delicate flowers, birds, beetles, butterflies and dragonflies, the guardsticks very finely carved and pierced with flowers--10½in. (26.5cm.), Canton or Indian, one stick and ribbon broken; and an 18th century fan, the chickenskin leaf painted with three ladies and two gentlemen by a fountain, the verso with a riverside scene, with mother-of-pearl sticks, very damaged
See Illustration of First Fan (2)
Provenance
The first fan is sold with a nineteenth century note giving provenance as Janet, Lady Anstruther. It notes that the fan was commissioned in India by her second son, Sir John Anstruther, whilst Chief Justice of Bengal.
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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