Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions
Lot 318
Good 19th century Chinese fan, the leaves decorated with courtiers in a palace setting, ivory heads, the guards in gilt metal with enamelled decoration, gilt wire and relief silver wire dragon decoration, the sticks alternating pierced gilt wire with enamel mother of pearl, pierced and stained green red and white ivory and sandlewood, 27.5cm CONDITION REPORT: When open side one - leaf is generally good commensurate with age, paint loss at folds, no missing heads. Generally paintwork is good and bright, some tiny tears at bottom edge of leaf.
Conditions are right to left.
Sticks
1. 1st sandlewood, strengthened towards base.
2. ivory appears ok.
3. red ivory appears ok.
4. gilt wire, slight strengthening perhaps just aboe lower enamelled area, slight discoloured areas, (wire).
5. green ivory - some discoloured areas mainily towards base.
6. tortoiseshell appears ok.
7. gilt wire - some slight enamel losses, ? some strengthening in some places as 4.
8. mother of pearl appears ok.
9. tortoiseshell appears ok.
10. green ivory appears ok.
11. gilt wire appears good.
12.red ivory appears good.
13. ivory appears good
14. sandlewood, one tiny loss in main section.
15. gilt wire - possible some strengthening at base, some wire missing, slightly discoloured in areas.
Side 2 open
Leaf similar condition to reverse, timy tears damage to bottom of leaf, some minor gilt paper losses at top of leaf.
Other side of sticks
One slightly larger loss at top of mother of pearl stick, one face is missing. Mother of pear stick has crack across, just below large section, not really visible on other side otherwise condition is as per other side.
Total dimensions when open 52cm x 29cm.
