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Click here to subscribeλ An early 18th century ivory fan, with plain ivory sticks and guards, the guards with silver piqué work and a crown surmount a panel with two eagles. The leaf mounted à l'anglaise fashion and hand painted with an elegant lady with a parrot beside an open cage being watched and talked about by two young beaus. Beautifully gilded border surround. Mother of pearl thumb guard at the base. Circa 1730. Length 28cm.
λ An early 18th century ivory fan with carved ivory sticks and guards, the guards piqué with silver and clouté with mother of pearl. The leaf mounted à l’anglaise fashion and hand painted in body colour with a rural scene of a farmer’s wife and children and lots of farm animals, cow, pigs, ducks, chicken etc. The verso plain. Mother of pearl washers at the base. Length 28.5cm.
λ A fine early 18th century fan with carved ivory sticks and guards, the guards finely piqué with silver, including a crown surmount and clouté with mother of pearl. The leaf mounted à l’anglaise fashion and hand painted in body colour with a mythological scene with numerous figures/gods attending a goddess. In the background can be seen Pan. Mother of pearl thumb guard at the base. Length 26.5cm.
λ An 18th century Italian ivory fan with plain ivory sticks, the guards piqué with silver and clouté with mother of pearl. The leaf is hand painted in bright colours with Poseidon in his chariot surrounded by putti. The leaf mounted à l'anglaise fashion, the verso plain. Mother of pearl thumb piece at the base. Circa 1720. Length 27cm.
A Japanese Meiji period satsuma vase, decorated with three hand painted panels between gold and silver decorated teal ground borders. Panels depict three characters at rest in a wooded setting, a village scene before a mountainous backdrop, and a songbird amidst native flora with a pair of butterflies in flight above. Signed by Yozan. Height 25cm. Note: artist is referred to in the Louis Lawrence Satsuma book 'The romance of Japan'
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