THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A rare Court Fan, the leaf painted with a market scene, the borders decorated with straw-work and applied with silk flowers, the verso with vignettes against a Chinoiserie trompe l'oeil, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with figures, and with a fore-edge carving of a dragon entwined round the sticks when closed, the guardsticks set with red, green and white paste and moss-agate, the pivot with a compartment - 11in. (28cm.), English, circa 1750 (compartment lacks lower cover)
Details
A rare Court Fan, the leaf painted with a market scene, the borders decorated with straw-work and applied with silk flowers, the verso with vignettes against a Chinoiserie trompe l'oeil, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with figures, and with a fore-edge carving of a dragon entwined round the sticks when closed, the guardsticks set with red, green and white paste and moss-agate, the pivot with a compartment - 11in. (28cm.), English, circa 1750 (compartment lacks lower cover)
See Colour Plate on front cover and black and illustration of verso
See Colour Plate on front cover and black and illustration of verso
Provenance
The vendor is a direct descendant of James Christie (1730-1803) founder of Christie's in 1766. This fan may well have belonged to his wife.
Further details
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