Sale 9733
London, South Kensington
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11 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 141
Estimate
A Canton ivory brise fan, carved and pierced with vignettes of figures, with mermen on either side, the guardsticks with gentlemen and flowers--6¾in. (17cm.), circa 1820, in papier maché fan case
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