6th Jun, 2018 10:00
European and Asian Works of Art
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~A CHINESE TORTOISESHELL BRISE FAN, PROBABLY CANTON, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
A CHINESE TORTOISESHELL BRISE FAN, PROBABLY CANTON, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY each guard gilded with a lion mask suspending a drop of flowers, a butterfly, a vase and a tassel, the sticks finely pierced with scrollwork panels, geometric borders and three shaped cartouches, gilded to both sides with Buddhist lions flanking a vignette of two figures at a table, gilt-metal loop suspending a brown silk knotted cord terminating in two tassels 19.5cm high excluding loop
Sold for £1,500
A CHINESE TORTOISESHELL BRISE FAN, PROBABLY CANTON, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY each guard gilded with a lion mask suspending a drop of flowers, a butterfly, a vase and a tassel, the sticks finely pierced with scrollwork panels, geometric borders and three shaped cartouches, gilded to both sides with Buddhist lions flanking a vignette of two figures at a table, gilt-metal loop suspending a brown silk knotted cord terminating in two tassels 19.5cm high excluding loop
Auction: European and Asian Works of Art, 6th Jun, 2018
