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    Sale 9733

    Fine European Needlework, Costume, Textiles and Fans

    London, South Kensington

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    11 November 2003

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    • An ivory brise fan, with a cen
    Lot 165 | ORIENTAL FANS Read more

    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

    Price realised

    GBP 705

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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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
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    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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    ORIENTAL FANS

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