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A Regency Ivory Brisé Fan, the slender sticks and guards virtually plain, save for decoration to the tips, which themselves are rounded and very slightly serrated. The twenty four inner sticks are painted in mainly pastel shades at the tips with roses in yellow and pink, foliage, and birds, the latter having applied feathers. The verso is plain. Guard length 17cm £70 - 100
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A Slender Early 19th Century Bone Brisé Fan, the tips of the sticks pointed, the whole intricately and elaborately carved and pierced. The twenty one inner sticks and two guards feature figures, and the reserves form vignettes with either classical or floral borders, further ovals carved elsewhere. The central vignette features a lady in flowing robes, two men observing. To the right, another similar lady, alone, and to the left, a younger lady also alone. A further vignette at either side features flowers. The verso is flat. Diamantés with the rivet. Guard length 17cm £80 - 120
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An Early 19th Century Wooden Brisé Fan, cut to make the very best of a distinctive grain, possibly European Plane. This very simple but striking fan has sticks shaped very gently into the gorge, and carved tips. Twenty two inner sticks and two guards. Ribboned in lilac. Guard length 17cm £80 - 120
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An Early 19th Century Wooden Brisé Fan, cut to make the very most of a distinctive grain, possibly a tropical hardwood or just a dark Plane. This very simple but striking fan has carved tips and sticks shaped very gently into the gorge. Twenty-two inner sticks and two guards. Ribboned in cream. Guard length 17cm £80 - 120
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An Early 19th Century Horn Brisé Fan, the horn slightly shaded from dark to light, twenty inner sticks plus two guards, simple pierced decoration ( the sticks in pairs) and pointed tips. Barrel rivet. Guard length 15.5cm £70 - 100
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A Circa 1860's to 1880's Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, the plain sticks quite wide and very softly rounded at the tips. Twenty inner sticks and two guards, and a tortoiseshell loop. Guard length 19cm £80 - 120
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An Early 19th Century Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, painted with gold, three differently shaped vignettes to each side, each painted with a pagoda, twenty one inner sticks and two guards. Straight tips. Barrel rivet with turquoise stones. Guard length 15cm £80 - 120
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A Circa 1890's Plain Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, in fontange form, fourteen inner sticks plus two guards, good colour, tortoiseshell loop. Guard length 13cm, overall height 20.5cm £80 - 120
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Four Slender Ivory Brisé Fans, two pierced, two plain £100 - 150
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A Circa 1860's to 1880's Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, the sticks having good colourful mottling. The nineteen inner sticks and two guards have gently rounded tips. Basic metal loop. Guard length 23.5cm £80 - 120
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A Late 19th Century Plain Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, with pointed sticks and guards, the upper guard having the addition of the initials "A?" in a red material, fifteen inner sticks. Guard length 24cm; and A Circa 1880's Plain Ivory Brisé Fan, the tips of the sixteen inner sticks and two guards tipped with coronets of seven "pearls", which in Austria and Germany signifies the rank of a Freiherr or Baron. Ivory loop. Guard length 21.5cm (2) £100 - 150
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A Circa 1870's to 1880's Plain Ivory Brisé Fan, pointed tips to the seventeen inner sticks and two guards. A shaped loop of ivory, guard length 20cm £40 - 70
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A Circa 1860's to 1870's Ivory Brisé Fan, with some simple piercing to the sticks in a leaf design, roundels in the tips with some ridges to the guards. Eighteen inner sticks. Guard length 21.5cm £40 - 70
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A 19th Century Ivory Brisé Fan, varnished in the "Vernis Martin" fashion, in autumnal colours. The recto, a gentle riverside fishing expedition, being enjoyed by two girls and a young man, a smaller scale but similar painting in the gorge. The verso shows a similar riverside scene, without figures. Guard length 18.5cm. Together with a cream card fan box, labelled for E Kees, 9 Bvd des Capuchines, Paris £100 - 200
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A Circa 1880's Austrian Ivory Brisé Fan, with wide sticks, and a scalloped top edge, ivory loop. The recto is elaborately painted with silver and gold in several shades, depicting a hat, an urn, and other items, the border with scrolling, and similar detail on the guards. Verso plain. Guard length 23.5cm. Together with a fan box covered with a cream fabric woven with pink flowers, lined in cream silk, ruched inside the lid £150 - 250
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A Fine Small Early 19th Century (or earlier) Ivory Brisé Fan, the guards painted and carved, a naked figure in fine relief, and flowers, both with tortoiseshell thumb guards. The recto is divided into three panels by a pair of pierced sticks, one further pierced stick at each side of the guards. A frieze of piercing runs the length of the top just below the blue ribbon. The three painted panels are bordered with gold, and depict Oriental figures, the larger central scene having several people and a very large painted porcelain lidded vase. The verso is a mirror image drawing of the recto. Guard length 19cm £200 - 300
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Arcadian Love: A Large 19th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with gilded and silvered, carved and pierced monture. The gorge is particularly striking with a central vignette featuring three men, wearing helmets, and two young ladies, standing next to columns, and to each side other vignettes each with frolicking cherubs. The double paper leaf is in pastel colours giving a light and airy feel to the depiction of young people at leisure in a rural area, gathering flowers for garlands. The verso has an unusual central gilded heart, inside which appear to be music score and bagpipes, this feature within a large spray of flowers. £200 - 400
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A Circa 1870s Austrian Ivory Brisé Fan, with an ivory loop, eighteen inner sticks and two guards. The fan is painted overall with a jockey riding his horse on the racetrack, wearing a yellow jersey and blue cap. The verso has a vibrant spray of yellow and mauve pansies and foliage. Guard length 23.5cm £300 - 600
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Admiral Lord Nelson at Trafalgar: A Fine Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, circa 1805-10, the central painted panel depicting Nelson, seated behind a stone bearing a drawing of canon and other weaponry, a cherub holding a crown of laurels above him, a lady to his right bearing a spear and shield, possibly Boudica, the winged goddess Fame (Pheme, personification of fame and renown) blowing her trumpet to the left, the sun shining and warships on the sea. The slender ivory guards are both carved, the recto with a cherub, the verso more stylised, and indeed to the left side two inner sticks plus the lower guard are non-matching replacements. On the original sticks the fine carving includes two ships anchors .Guard length 18cm. Together with period fan tube in mid green card £300 - 600
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A Catalogue for the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers' Fourth Competitive Exhibition of Fans, at the Draper's Hal,l May 1867. Together with three large and unusual fan boxes, most likely all 18th century, one with a floral silk interior, the top domed, the exterior with scenes of countryside pursuits, the final two boxes fabric covered, one with a label stating (4) £100 - 120
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"The New Roscius Country Dance" Fan 1805, with words and music for dances performed at Court, Bath and all public assemblies. Plain wooden monture with a double paper leaf, the verso plain, the recto printed with a central medallion of three cherubs, one singing from a book, two playing musical instruments, below which are two further vignettes each with a child playing music. A further drawing of a tambourine near the gorge repeats the title written in script at the very top centre of the leaf. The remainder of the leaf is printed with the scores and words for dances such as "Lord Grantham's Whim" and "The Humours of Dublin", and is edged in gold. Guard length 17.5cm £150 - 250
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A Regency Topographical Fan, the double paper leaf mounted on slender pierced and carved ivory sticks, the gorge with a central oval with classical scrolling, the guards in a similar vein with the addition of a figure on the upper guard only. The leaf is designed with a central band containing seven depictions of classical ruins, in varying sizes, none as yet identified the central oval cartouche being large, flanked each side by one medium size vignette and two smaller ones. The reserves are formed with very classical stylised borders in dark blue and mauve, filled with colourful Italian scrolling. The edges are finished with bright gold. The verso is plain. Guard length 25cm. Together with a pink silk covered fan box £200 - 400
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A Mid-19th Century Ivory Fan, with tilting magnifier and ruler integrated as an addition to the upper guard. The guards and gorge sticks are silvered and gilded, and pierced with bunches of grapes, various sizes of roundels above and below. The double paper leaf is lithographed with a gathering of young ladies and children, a large dog central to the group, adorned with a garland of pink roses. The verso is relatively plain with cream reserves and a central lakeside scene. Shaped gold metal loop. Guard length 27cmPatent registered in France around 1856 to 1860., by Société Fleury Frères et Lefort . See Imagination and its contribution to fans. N°63a. p.68. Maryse Volet. £250 - 500
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A Mid-19th Century Silk Jenny Lind or Palmette Fan, the palm shaped leaf sections linked together with thread. The double leaf depicts Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Empress Eugenie de Montijo on the left, probably outside the Tuileries Palace, which burnt down in May 1871. Their Civil Ceremony took place in the Tuileries on January 29th, 1853, and this gathering perhaps represents the Emperor presenting his bride to high ranking officials, and members of the Court. The mother-of-pearl sticks are carved and pierced and decorated, in the gorge, with an elegant couple, the guards more simply with flowers. The verso, of plain cream silk, with the tiniest of sketched flowers. Guard length 27cm £200 - 300
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A Regency Grand Tour/Topographical Fan, circa 1800 -1810, depicting Roman temple ruins in a rural setting. The double skin leaf depicts two peasants walking past the ruins. The scene is bordered in a stylised design, in gold. The verso has simple gold painting of floral sprays. The guards and tiny gorge sticks are of carved ivory, with classical figures, the upper guard shows a lady in Roman robes, the lower guard a man in Centurion armour. Both guards are under laid with either thin mother-of-pearl or a shiny white tinsel. Barrel rivet, guard length 17cm. Together with a period card fan tube £400 - 600
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A Unique Copy of "The History of Fans" by G Woolliscroft Rhead, 1910, being the author's own proof copy and including notations in the margins. Subsequently issued in a Limited Edition of 450 copies. Most importantly it also contains the ORIGINAL handwritten replies from those who lent fans to be photographed and featured in the book. Replies are available from Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Lady Granville and other persons of title. A re-bound copy when purchased on August 2nd 1965 for £30.00 from The Times Bookshop, 42 Wigmore Street, London W1. The original hard cover, with blue cloth, is retained £300 - 600
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A Fine Chinese Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, circa 1830-40, carved throughout with tiny birds and meandering leaves, the guard with buildings and foliage, the main sticks having three oval vignettes carved with pagodas and stylised trees. Guard length 18.5cm £150 - 300
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A Chinese Carved Ivory Feather Fan, Qing Dynasty, the heavily carved guards deeply and intricately carved with a head at the tips, followed by numerous buildings, figures and blooms in relief, the gorge sticks less so, mounted with white feathers; and A Light Carved Sandalwood Fan, mounted with mottled and white feathers (2) £100 - 200
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Five 19th Century Chinese Fans, Qing Dynasty, comprising a small bone/painted feather example, a Chinese bone fan with carving on sticks mounted with black feathers which are painted with birds, another similar feathers white and blue, another, and another similar with white feathers and painted with two oriental people one of which is astride a large orange fish £200 - 500
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Four 19th Century Chinese Fans, Qing Dynasty, to include a carved monture, probably ivory, mounted with a black lace leaf with space for the insertion of gauze painted panels, a carved sandalwood fan mounted with white feathers, a brisé fan of the "tea chest" type, and a bone fan mounted with white feathers painted with colours and tipped with peacock feathers £100 - 200
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A Mid-19th Century Chinese Wooden Mandarin Fan, Qing Dynasty, the sticks lacquered in black and gold, having a central figure to the gorge, the guards with symbols and butterflies. The double paper leaf shows a terrace scene, the figures with applied painted ivory faces and silk robes, with an unusual large exotic flower in the vegetation to the left. The verso, with two side vignettes containing simple buildings, the central vignette with two men and a lady, possibly a couple of import and their attendant, in a building next to water. The lilac background features bats and scrolls; and A Late 19th Century Chinese Bone Fan, Qing Dynasty, with a double paper leaf, having basic piercing to the monture. The leaf with simple flowers in pinks and blues, a shiny gold border along the top, the verso also decorated with pastel flowers. Guard length 27cm (2) £80 - 120
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A Circa 1790's Finely Carved and Pierced Chinese Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the central oval carved with a monogram of three initials. The remaining fan is intricately carved with flowers and birds, the tips carved with flowers. No carving to the verso. Guard length 27cm £200 - 300
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A Circa 1830's to 1840's Chinese Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, a central oval left blank for a monogram, the remaining central continuous design being one of figures and trees with pagodas (note the unusual oval window to the right), these designs repeated in the tips. Twenty-one inner sticks, no carving to the verso. The guards are more deeply carved with figures and buildings. Guard length 18.5cm £200 - 300
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A 19th Century Chinese Wooden Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the black lacquer painted in gold. The recto depicts a junk approaching the shore, an oriental man near the back steering with a pole, a man and woman awaiting his arrival, the woman carrying goods or refreshments on a tray. The reserves feature flowers. The verso is painted in a similar fashion, the central feature being a dome topped building on stilts? Twenty inner sticks and two guards. Guard length 18.5cm; and A 20th Century Chinese Fan, Qing Dynasty, with bone sticks simply carved with bamboo leaves mounted with a white gauze leaf embroidered in silk with a dragon with black eyes. Guard length 20.5cm. Together with a fitted box in black lacquer, the lid painted with three seated figures and flowers, and labelled inside VOLONG (2) £120 - 160
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A Circa 1840 Chinese Carved Sandalwood Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, a central oval carved with initials, surrounded by a scene of flowers, buildings and foliage. The tips of each stick feature figures trees and buildings, the guards having the addition of dragons. Nineteen lightly carved inner sticks. Diamanté rivet, guard length 19cm. The verso is plain £200 - 300
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A Mid-19th Century Chinese Mandarin Fan, Qing Dynasty, the double paper leaf mounted on mother-of-pearl sticks incised with buildings, figures and foliage. The recto, a scene bordered in red, shows various figures at leisure outdoors. The verso, bordered in blue, shows similar scenes. Mountains in the distance recto/verso. Guard length 25.5cm. The rivet holds a green stone £500 - 700
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An Early 18th Century Chinese Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with tortoiseshell thumb guards, threaded with a narrow green ribbon but also painted at the tips to give the illusion of wider ribbon. The two guards and thirty inner sticks painted in strong colours with large figures and sections of buildings, flanked by exotic foliage, the same recto verso. The lower section in contrast is painted subtly in gold, with Chinoiserie scenes, to compliment the guards. Guard length 25.5cm £400 - 600
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A Circa 1790 Finely Carved and Pierced Chinese Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with a plain central shield and swags, birds and flowers in the carving. The gorge is carved with foliage. Twenty three inner sticks and guards, the latter with intricate carving of flowers. Guard 26cm £200 - 400
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An Early 19th Century Finely Carved Chinese Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the central oval showing Cupid (?) looking into a mirror held by a maiden, the twenty-two inner sticks carved in several bands with classical shapes, and flowers, the tips carved with animals and flowers. To each side of the centre are three roundels of different sizes, containing variously animals, flowers or pagodas. The guards are minutely carved with flowers. No carving to the verso. Guard length 18.5cm £300 - 500
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A Mid-19th Century Chinese Fan, Qing Dynasty, the double paper leaf mounted on wood, lacquered in black with gold, the guards featuring figures, flowers and a bird in flight. The leaf, a charming original painting of a river scene, a pagoda behind, a boat on the water, and several other scenes of daily life with people and buildings. The verso an overall painting of flowers and birds. Guard 28cm. Together with a black lacquer fan box, with figures on the lid, flowers to the sides and ends £150 - 300
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A Chinese Ivory Mandarin Fan, Qing Dynasty, mid-19th century, the inner sticks being lightly carved, the guards with deeper carving of figures, pagodas and foliage. The leaf depicts figures with applied painted ivory faces, their robes of silk, many carrying both fixed and folding fans. The verso depicts a similar scene with an elder left of centre. The borders recto/verso show fish and other objects, and a toad. Guard length 28cm. Together with a fitted lacquer box, lined in blue silk, the lid interior being painted with exotic flowers and a colourful bird £300 - 600
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A Circa 1840's Chinese Wooden Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, lacquered in black and gold with highlights of brick red. The nineteen inner sticks depict similar scenes with figures and buildings and are bordered with foliage. The gorge and tips are densely patterned with foliage. Both sides of each guard are painted with bold designs featuring a fish, a butterfly, and a vase of flowers. Guard length 20cm. Contained in a fitted box, most likely the original £300 - 500
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A Circa 1860's Chinese Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with gold paintings to both guards, of a bat and floral displays. Attractive shading to the colours in the tortoiseshell. Basic gold metal loop. Nineteen inner sticks, guard length 22cm £300 - 400
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A Mid-19th Century Carved Ivory Mandarin Fan, Qing Dynasty, the gorge carved with figures and pagodas, the guards more heavily carved with pagodas, figures and trees. The deep (15cm) double paper leaf depicts an elaborate outdoor scene, the buildings with decorative arches, the figures with applied painted ivory faces and silk robes, some carrying fans, rabbits in the foreground, and a large plumed bird, possibly a peacock. The verso with a similar scene, this time with a dog in the centre foreground, some ducks to the side, the whole bordered in pink. Guard length 26.5cm £300 - 600
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A Chinese Black Lacquered Wood Cabriolet Fan, of medium size, Qing Dynasty, mid-19th century, all sticks painted with a simple floral design in grey, with a butterfly or moth on each guard. The Chinese figures on the recto have applied painted ivory faces and silk robes, and are engaged in various different activities. The lower leaf section is painted simply with flowers and fruit. The verso shows sailing ships on the river, and a colourful bird amongst flowers. Guard length 27cm £250 - 450
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A Circa 1840's Chinese Carved Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with plain central vignette for a monogram, the twenty inner sticks well carved with figures, animals and buildings, the lower guard carved mainly with figures, to the same depth. The upper guard missing, as is the button on the front rivet. No carving on the verso. Guard length 20cm £250 - 500
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A Mid-19th Century Chinese Mandarin Fan, Qing Dynasty, the wooden sticks lacquered in black and gold, the gorge with a central terrace scene. The double paper leaf, recto/verso, shows figures with applied painted ivory faces and silk robes, one arriving on horseback. Shaped metal loop, cream silk tassel with gold metal threads entwined. T/w a substantial shaped deep fitted gold lacquer fan box, the exterior sides and lid painted with figures and objects, lined in blue silk , the inside of the lid finely painted with a scene of ladies, two seated on porcelain stools, several holding fans, and a child, their faces of applied painted ivory and wearing silk robes £400 - 700
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A Small Fine Early 19th Century Chinese Carved Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, with 24 inner sticks and both guards, the whole carved with tiny leaves and birds an oval vignette to each side, a central cartouche in the shape of a shield containing initials and surrounded by elaborate carved drapes. Guard length 15cm £300 - 500
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An Early 18th Century Chinese Ivory Brisé Fan, possibly Kangxi, with painted decoration in the Imari porcelain style. The twenty-four inner sticks and two guards are painted in gold, the guards quite simply with a stylised tree, and the gorge area in a similar fashion. The main body of the fan is painted with three large vignettes, adding red and green to the gold. The central vignette depicts a large cockerel, two butterflies and flowers, the smaller vignettes to either side have flowers and two birds to the left, and flowers and a different bird to the right. The verso is similar. The fan is bordered with a design of painted ribbon, whereas in fact this fan is not ribboned but linked with thread. Guard length 25cm £500 - 1000
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A Fine Circa 1790's Chinese Carved and Pierced Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the central shield carved with trees, birds and butterflies. The twenty-eight inner sticks are further carved with various stylised ovals. The tips all have the same design. The slightly heavier guards are intricately carved. Guard length 26cm £500 - 1000
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A Mid-19th Century Chinese Mandarin Fan, Qing Dynasty, wooden sticks lacquered in black with three figures in the gorge in grey, a further figure on each guard, foliage behind. The double paper leaf has similar scenes recto/verso with distant mountains, figures with faces of applied and painted ivory, wearing silk robes, and somewhat different headwear. Guard length 32cm. Together with a fine and heavy polished wood fitted fan box, the outer lid having five differently shaped and deeply carved scenes of daily life, with an empty central oval suitable for a monogram. The interior fittings are covered in blue silk, the lid interior painted with four figures, two carrying fans, their faces of applied and painted ivory. The fan is further protected within the box by an interior glass lid, bound in patterned silk £400 - 700
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