λ A group of six assorted sets of Chinese and European ivory...

Hammer

£190

λ A group of six assorted sets of Chinese and European ivory fans and fan mounts, including an early 18th century ivory fan, with carved ivory sticks and guards, the guards carved with figures in period dress and a bust of a warrior, the sticks well carved with a musical party including a lady in fine dress playing a piano, and a rare late 17th - early 18th century silk fan, the double silk leaf hand painted with an elegant lady and her attendant, bordered by crowned and plain gilt spangles the ivory sticks painted at the gorge, the guards inlaid with tortoiseshell and with the finest of piqué work, length of longest 29cm (6)