A fine Chinese Canton ivory and painted brise fan, late 18th century formed of twenty-six guard sticks, very finely carved and pierced with flowers, birds and butterflies, with foliate and flower swags above three finely painted ivory cartouches, two circular and one oval with European scenes of the `sailor`s return` on one side highlighted with a gold border, and flower posies on the other, the stick ends carved and pierced with alternating birds and flowers with gold border on one side, the lower section with a smaller cartouche carved with a pagoda amongst trees, the end sticks more deeply carved with flowers and birds, the pivot with paste mount Fans were a popular Chinese export item with the earliest fans dating from the early 18th century. There was an influx of fans to Europe and America during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with them becoming very fashionable with Western ladies of the 1800s. Some of the finest brise fans of the type seen in this example were made during the same period, with the same fine quality painting most likely done by skilled artists of the time. The carved designs used on fans are often mirrored on contemporary porcelain, such as the foliate swags seen here, are also seen on famille rose export porcelain of the same period. Literature: For a similar examples see Carl L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of The China Trade, 1991, p.330-1, plate 191 and 193 21cm long Condition commensurate with age, some damage and discolouration to the finely carved guard sticks, wear to the ribbon and some smudging to the gold highlighted areasView on auctionatrium.com
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