Sale 9733
London, South Kensington
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11 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 705
Estimate
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.
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Pre-Lot Text
ORIENTAL FANS
A look at artists whose reputations and markets are on the rise — with works offered in our Post-War to Present auction on 28 February in New York
The Indian artist whose canvases fused European avant-garde ideas with the spirituality of his homeland. Illustrated with works offered in New York