Auction Sale of fabrics and fans

Lot n° 1

Chinese society, China, 19th century Octagonal...

Chinese society, China, 19th century Octagonal hand screen, bamboo frame, decorated with ten figures in relief, on a silk background, wearing colored silk clothes. The heads are made of cut ivory*. Black lacquered bamboo handle with gold decoration. H.t....

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Lot n° 2

Chinese landscape, China, 19th...

Chinese landscape, China, 19th century Hand screen, or "ChaoShan", made of palm branch painted on silk with a mountainous landscape. Fan workshop mark "DeSheng" in a red stamp on the reverse. Bamboo handle. H.t. 39 cm (missing and damaged)

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Lot n° 3

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Lot n° 4

Chinese dragon, China, 19th century Folded...

Chinese dragon, China, 19th century Folded fan, the silk leaf embroidered in pastel shades with a dragon among butterflies. Dumb reverse. The frame is made of carved bone. Tassel of trimmings. H.t. 25.5 cm H.f. 14 cm (small holes)

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Lot n° 5

Journey to China, China, 19th century Folded...

Journey to China, China, 19th century Folded fan, the double sheet of paper painted with gouache of 18 characters gathered on terraces. On the reverse side, three cartels on a green background. In the center, a riverside landscape with a pagoda in...

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Lot n° 6

Two fans, Japan, 20th century The...

Two fans, Japan, 20th century The leaves in printed paper. The frames in natural bamboo. With their bamboo displays. In their original box. H.t. 27,5 cm

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Lot n° 7

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Lot n° 8

Japanese life, Japan, 19th century Folded...

Japanese life, Japan, 19th century Folded fan, the double sheet of silk with fragments of gold leaf inlaid and painted with three subjects on a gold background evoking scenes of traditional life, theatre or ceremony. Bamboo frame, the plumes in engraved...

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Lot n° 9

Cranes, Japan, ca. 1880 Folded...

Cranes, Japan, ca. 1880 Folded fan, the double silk sheet painted with wading birds among lotus flowers and irises. On the other side, various figures in traditional costume. Bamboo frame. Each ivory plume* decorated with a metal fly, in volume. H.t....

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Lot n° 10

Traditional costumes, Japan, 19th...

Traditional costumes, Japan, 19th century Folded fan, the double silk sheet printed with seven figures in traditional Japanese costumes in front of a seascape. Reverse: birds and butterflies among peonies and bamboo. Bamboo frame, ivory plumes*....

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Lot n° 11

Hand screen, 17th century Large...

Hand screen, 17th century Large hand screen opening into a sunburst, presumably for liturgical use. Vellum leaf painted with three concentric circles in gold, blue and gold. Ivory frame*, the handle in carved bone. H.t. 34,3 cm / D. 39 cm (small...

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Lot n° 12

The Triumph of Amphitrite, ca....

The Triumph of Amphitrite, ca. 1730 Folded fan, the leaf in cabretille decorated with the pen of Amphitrite on the waves carried by a triton and loves. On the reverse, the sun and the moon anthropomorphic frame a landscape. White mother-of-pearl frame,...

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Lot n° 13

In the taste of Jacques Stella Folded...

In the taste of Jacques Stella Folded fan, double sheet of skin painted with a mountainous panorama evoking Italy and in the foreground, characters including peasants leading their animals, children playing bowls or a woman consoling a little girl. The...

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Lot n° 14

The Card Players, ca. 1730 Folded...

The Card Players, ca. 1730 Folded fan, the double sheet of painted skin of card players in an interior. While a woman falls to the left, a second woman takes advantage of this diversion to steal the purse of one of the players. A couple of shepherds...

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Lot n° 15

The shepherdess, circa 1700 Folded...

The shepherdess, circa 1700 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, painted in the center of a couple languishing, him putting a flower in the hair of his shepherdess. Reverse side decorated with miniatures on a blue background. Ivory frame*...

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Lot n° 16

Moses Defending the Daughters of...

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, ca. 1750 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, and painted with gouache after the famous composition of Nicolas Poussin. Dumb reverse. Ivory frame* cut out and engraved with a couple. H.t. 28,5...

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Lot n° 17

The Loves of Diana and the Shepherd...

The Loves of Diana and the Shepherd Endymion, ca. 1750 Folded fan, the leaf mounted in the English style, and painted with gouache of Endymion under the spell of Diana, while a love is about to shoot an arrow. Reverse side painted with bouquets of flowers,...

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Lot n° 18

The bather, circa 1750 Folded...

The bather, circa 1750 Folded fan, the skin sheet, mounted in English style, and painted with four cartels, on a brown background enhanced with golden dots. A bouquet of narcissus and anemone on the left, the portrait of a little girl removing her mask,...

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Lot n° 19

The Sacrifice of Isaac, ca. 1740 Folded...

The Sacrifice of Isaac, ca. 1740 Folded fan, the double sheet in painted paper on a brown background of the famous biblical scene: an angel appears to stop the hand of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac. Sequins border sewn in zig zag. Dumb...

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Lot n° 20

The Butterfly, ca. 1740-1750 Folded...

The Butterfly, ca. 1740-1750 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted on a gray background of six cartels including still lifes, landscapes in shades of brown or blue. In the center, a gallant teases a young peasant girl. Reverse...

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Lot n° 21

The Country Union, ca. 1730-1740...

The Country Union, ca. 1730-1740 Folded fan, double sheet of wallpaper of friends attending the union of two of them. Dogs play beside them while sheep graze. Peacock feathers adorn the sides. Reverse: a young woman alone in front of a trellis factory....

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Lot n° 22

Ruth and Boaz, ca. 1740-1750 Folded...

Ruth and Boaz, ca. 1740-1750 Folded fan, mounted in the English style, the painted skin sheet of the meeting of Ruth and Boaz in front of a field being harvested, after the Bible. Reverse painted of a love among a cloud, holding a bird by a thread. Signed...

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Lot n° 23

The gallant musician, ca. 1750-1760...

The gallant musician, ca. 1750-1760 Folded fan, the skin sheet, lined with paper, and painted with gouache of a shepherd playing a hurdy-gurdy tune to a damsel. Reverse side painted with a sketched panorama. White mother-of-pearl frame cut, engraved,...

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Lot n° 24

The Sleeping Shepherdess, ca. 1740-1750 Folded...

The Sleeping Shepherdess, ca. 1740-1750 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted of a shepherd approaching a sleeping shepherdess among her sheep. Reverse: sketched landscape. Mounting in cut ivory*, engraved with shepherds musicians...

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Lot n° 25

The Dream, ca. 1750 Folded fan,...

The Dream, ca. 1750 Folded fan, the skin sheet lined with paper, painted with a sleeping shepherdess that love flies over illuminating with its torch an approaching gallant. Reverse: a boy holds a bird on a leash, while a young girl presents him with...

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Lot n° 26

Between heaven and earth, 18th-19th...

Between heaven and earth, 18th-19th centuries Folded fan, the leaf painted in love on a cloud. One hides behind a cloud to escape a man scanning the sky with his telescope. A second love throws a badminton shuttlecock that falls back to earth and that...

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Lot n° 27

The Shepherdess and the Bird, ca....

The Shepherdess and the Bird, ca. 1760-1770 Folded fan, the double sheet of wallpaper of a shepherdess scene with a damsel holding a bird, near its open cage. A shepherd is watching her. Reverse side painted with a shell and flower effect. Signed later...

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Lot n° 28

The Price of Love, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Price of Love, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the silk sheet painted with three cartels. In the center, a gallant gathered in a wood exchanges words of love, unites their hearts, or hopes for a happy union thanks to the lottery of Love. On the right, a gallant...

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Lot n° 29

Catgut windows, ca. 1780 Folded...

Catgut windows, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the silk leaf painted with garlands of roses scrolling on simulated columns, alternating with catgut "windows". In the center, a couple walks towards an altar where two hearts are burning. Dumb reverse. Engraved...

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Lot n° 30

Chinoiserie, circa 1780 Folded...

Chinoiserie, circa 1780 Folded fan, the silk sheet painted with a Chinese-inspired scene, animated by four characters, one of whom is shooting with a bow towards a target. This composition is entirely in silk, in relief, underlined with the point of...

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Lot n° 31

Les galants musiciens, circa 1780 Folded...

Les galants musiciens, circa 1780 Folded fan, the cream silk sheet painted with landscapes in medallions framing a young couple composed of a guitarist and a singer. Reverse side painted with a rose. White mother-of-pearl frame, cut out, engraved...

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Lot n° 32

Mentor, Dido and Aeneas, ca. 1780 Folded...

Mentor, Dido and Aeneas, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the double sheet of beige silk painted with trophies in medallions framing an oval color engraving. The young Aeneas is under the spell of Dido's companions, while the queen walks away with Mentor. Two birds...

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Lot n° 33

The Guitar Player, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

The Guitar Player, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the silk leaf painted with a gallant scene, framed by two bouquets of flowers underlined with chain stitch. Dumb reverse. Ivory frame* cut, engraved and gilded with three characters. H.t. 28 cm-H.f. 12,3...

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Lot n° 34

Sleeping Love, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

Sleeping Love, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the leaf in painted skin on a silver background of a sleeping love in a grove that a couple of lovers comes to spy. Bouquets of flowers mixing roses and lilacs on the sides. Bosquet sketched, among two bouquets...

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Lot n° 35

The Young Musicians, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Young Musicians, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the double skin sheet painted with gouache of a musical gathering in a garden. On the reverse, on paper, a sketched landscape. Ivory frame* cut out and painted with delicate compositions of birds, rabbits...

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Lot n° 36

The Little Oblivion Merchant, ca....

The Little Oblivion Merchant, ca. 1780-1790 Folded fan, the painted silk sheet of a little boy holding a wafer called a "oublie" which he hands to a young girl. She is carrying the drum face on her lap. On the sides, a flute player and a hurdy-gurdy...

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Lot n° 37

Blue monochrome, ca. 1780 Folded...

Blue monochrome, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the double sheet in blue monochrome of a couple in a country setting. Sketch of a bush in blue monochrome on the reverse. Bone mount, the strands carved and gilded. H.t. 27,5 cm-H.f. 12,4 cm (wear, restoratio...

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Lot n° 38

The Young Boy, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Young Boy, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the cream silk leaf painted with a child offering a basket of flowers under the gaze of an elegant garden gathering. On the sides, original compositions with a dog and a peacock on the left, and two hens on the right. Dumb...

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Lot n° 39

The Harpist Love, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Harpist Love, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the cream silk leaf painted with a love playing the harp in the center. On the sides, a shepherdess and her staff, and a young boy letting a bird escape from its cage. Dumb reverse. Mounted in cut, engraved and...

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Lot n° 40

Two fans, circa 1780 One, the...

Two fans, circa 1780 One, the silk leaf painted with two flowering vases framing a group of card players at table. Ivory frame* cut, engraved and silvered. H.t. 27 cm-H.f. 12 cm (cuts, wear, stains, restorations) The other, the paper leaf painted...

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Lot n° 41

The Gallant Fisherman, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Gallant Fisherman, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, and painted with cartels in monochrome framing a gallant scene with a fisherman. Bush sketched on the reverse. Ivory mounting*, alternating waving strands. H.t. 28...

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Lot n° 42

Pretty portraits, circa 1770-1780 Folded...

Pretty portraits, circa 1770-1780 Folded fan, the silk sheet painted with flowers underlined with gold chain stitch. In the center, a shepherdess and her sheep. Bone mount, the strands engraved and gilded. Each plume is decorated with two miniature...

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Lot n° 43

Two fans, circa 1770 *One, the...

Two fans, circa 1770 *One, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, and painted of Abigail laying at David's feet food. Bone mount, the plumes painted pink, the throat pierced, and painted in harmony. H.t. 26 cm (missing and damaged) The other, the skin...

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Lot n° 44

The Shepherds, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

The Shepherds, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, and painted with gouache of shepherds around a well trying to lift the lid. This scene may illustrate the story of Joseph and his brothers? Reverse painted with a basket...

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Lot n° 45

THE SLEEP OF ENDYMION, CA. 1770-1780. Folded...

THE SLEEP OF ENDYMION, CA. 1770-1780. Folded fan, skin sheet mounted in English style, and painted of an undergrowth where Endymion has fallen asleep. Guided by a love, and carried by a cloud, Diana the Huntress, wearing a crescent moon, approaches....

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Lot n° 46

Perseus Delivering Andromeda, ca....

Perseus Delivering Andromeda, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the skin sheet painted with two cartouches in brown, framing Andromeda chained to the rocks. Her parents, King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia, pray for her release. Perseus riding Pegasus appears...

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Lot n° 47

Venus and Mercury, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

Venus and Mercury, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the leaf made of skin, mounted in English style, and painted in grisaille of loves in medallions. In the center, the loves surround Venus and Mercury with his caduceus and petascus. Reverse side painted with...

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Lot n° 48

THE HURDY-GURDY PLAYER, CIRCA 1780. Folded...

THE HURDY-GURDY PLAYER, CIRCA 1780. Folded fan, double sheet of cream silk painted with a central cartel, underlined with silver sequins, with a couple listening to the music of a hurdy-gurdy player in a country setting. On the sides, doves on a cloud...

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Lot n° 49

Shepherds and Sheep, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

Shepherds and Sheep, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the sheet in skin, mounted in English style, and painted with seven labels. In the center, two shepherds are caressing a sheep. Country landscapes and loves in brown monochrome. Reverse side painted with...

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Lot n° 50

L'échange amoureux, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

L'échange amoureux, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the silk leaf painted with flowers outlined in gold chain stitch, framing a medallion painted with a couple. Dumb reverse. Ivory* frame, engraved and gilded, decorated with a globe. H.t. 28 cm-H.f. 13...

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Auction Sale of fabrics and fans - Paris

Bid on the lot list Coutau-Bégarie : 30 June 2021 - Galerie Deux 6 - Paris

Sale of fabrics and fans

Chinese society, China, 19th century Octagonal...

Chinese society, China, 19th century Octagonal hand screen, bamboo frame, decorated with ten figures in relief, on a silk background, wearing colored silk clothes. The heads are made of cut ivory*. Black lacquered bamboo handle with gold decoration. H.t....

Chinese landscape, China, 19th...

Chinese landscape, China, 19th century Hand screen, or "ChaoShan", made of palm branch painted on silk with a mountainous landscape. Fan workshop mark "DeSheng" in a red stamp on the reverse. Bamboo handle. H.t. 39 cm (missing and damaged)

Chinese dragon, China, 19th century Folded...

Chinese dragon, China, 19th century Folded fan, the silk leaf embroidered in pastel shades with a dragon among butterflies. Dumb reverse. The frame is made of carved bone. Tassel of trimmings. H.t. 25.5 cm H.f. 14 cm (small holes)

Journey to China, China, 19th century Folded...

Journey to China, China, 19th century Folded fan, the double sheet of paper painted with gouache of 18 characters gathered on terraces. On the reverse side, three cartels on a green background. In the center, a riverside landscape with a pagoda in...

Two fans, Japan, 20th century The...

Two fans, Japan, 20th century The leaves in printed paper. The frames in natural bamboo. With their bamboo displays. In their original box. H.t. 27,5 cm

Japanese life, Japan, 19th century Folded...

Japanese life, Japan, 19th century Folded fan, the double sheet of silk with fragments of gold leaf inlaid and painted with three subjects on a gold background evoking scenes of traditional life, theatre or ceremony. Bamboo frame, the plumes in engraved...

Cranes, Japan, ca. 1880 Folded...

Cranes, Japan, ca. 1880 Folded fan, the double silk sheet painted with wading birds among lotus flowers and irises. On the other side, various figures in traditional costume. Bamboo frame. Each ivory plume* decorated with a metal fly, in volume. H.t....

Traditional costumes, Japan, 19th...

Traditional costumes, Japan, 19th century Folded fan, the double silk sheet printed with seven figures in traditional Japanese costumes in front of a seascape. Reverse: birds and butterflies among peonies and bamboo. Bamboo frame, ivory plumes*....

Hand screen, 17th century Large...

Hand screen, 17th century Large hand screen opening into a sunburst, presumably for liturgical use. Vellum leaf painted with three concentric circles in gold, blue and gold. Ivory frame*, the handle in carved bone. H.t. 34,3 cm / D. 39 cm (small...

The Triumph of Amphitrite, ca....

The Triumph of Amphitrite, ca. 1730 Folded fan, the leaf in cabretille decorated with the pen of Amphitrite on the waves carried by a triton and loves. On the reverse, the sun and the moon anthropomorphic frame a landscape. White mother-of-pearl frame,...

In the taste of Jacques Stella Folded...

In the taste of Jacques Stella Folded fan, double sheet of skin painted with a mountainous panorama evoking Italy and in the foreground, characters including peasants leading their animals, children playing bowls or a woman consoling a little girl. The...

The Card Players, ca. 1730 Folded...

The Card Players, ca. 1730 Folded fan, the double sheet of painted skin of card players in an interior. While a woman falls to the left, a second woman takes advantage of this diversion to steal the purse of one of the players. A couple of shepherds...

The shepherdess, circa 1700 Folded...

The shepherdess, circa 1700 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, painted in the center of a couple languishing, him putting a flower in the hair of his shepherdess. Reverse side decorated with miniatures on a blue background. Ivory frame*...

Moses Defending the Daughters of...

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, ca. 1750 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English, and painted with gouache after the famous composition of Nicolas Poussin. Dumb reverse. Ivory frame* cut out and engraved with a couple. H.t. 28,5...

The Loves of Diana and the Shepherd...

The Loves of Diana and the Shepherd Endymion, ca. 1750 Folded fan, the leaf mounted in the English style, and painted with gouache of Endymion under the spell of Diana, while a love is about to shoot an arrow. Reverse side painted with bouquets of flowers,...

The bather, circa 1750 Folded...

The bather, circa 1750 Folded fan, the skin sheet, mounted in English style, and painted with four cartels, on a brown background enhanced with golden dots. A bouquet of narcissus and anemone on the left, the portrait of a little girl removing her mask,...

The Sacrifice of Isaac, ca. 1740 Folded...

The Sacrifice of Isaac, ca. 1740 Folded fan, the double sheet in painted paper on a brown background of the famous biblical scene: an angel appears to stop the hand of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac. Sequins border sewn in zig zag. Dumb...

The Butterfly, ca. 1740-1750 Folded...

The Butterfly, ca. 1740-1750 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted on a gray background of six cartels including still lifes, landscapes in shades of brown or blue. In the center, a gallant teases a young peasant girl. Reverse...

The Country Union, ca. 1730-1740...

The Country Union, ca. 1730-1740 Folded fan, double sheet of wallpaper of friends attending the union of two of them. Dogs play beside them while sheep graze. Peacock feathers adorn the sides. Reverse: a young woman alone in front of a trellis factory....

Ruth and Boaz, ca. 1740-1750 Folded...

Ruth and Boaz, ca. 1740-1750 Folded fan, mounted in the English style, the painted skin sheet of the meeting of Ruth and Boaz in front of a field being harvested, after the Bible. Reverse painted of a love among a cloud, holding a bird by a thread. Signed...

The gallant musician, ca. 1750-1760...

The gallant musician, ca. 1750-1760 Folded fan, the skin sheet, lined with paper, and painted with gouache of a shepherd playing a hurdy-gurdy tune to a damsel. Reverse side painted with a sketched panorama. White mother-of-pearl frame cut, engraved,...

The Sleeping Shepherdess, ca. 1740-1750 Folded...

The Sleeping Shepherdess, ca. 1740-1750 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English and painted of a shepherd approaching a sleeping shepherdess among her sheep. Reverse: sketched landscape. Mounting in cut ivory*, engraved with shepherds musicians...

The Dream, ca. 1750 Folded fan,...

The Dream, ca. 1750 Folded fan, the skin sheet lined with paper, painted with a sleeping shepherdess that love flies over illuminating with its torch an approaching gallant. Reverse: a boy holds a bird on a leash, while a young girl presents him with...

Between heaven and earth, 18th-19th...

Between heaven and earth, 18th-19th centuries Folded fan, the leaf painted in love on a cloud. One hides behind a cloud to escape a man scanning the sky with his telescope. A second love throws a badminton shuttlecock that falls back to earth and that...

The Shepherdess and the Bird, ca....

The Shepherdess and the Bird, ca. 1760-1770 Folded fan, the double sheet of wallpaper of a shepherdess scene with a damsel holding a bird, near its open cage. A shepherd is watching her. Reverse side painted with a shell and flower effect. Signed later...

The Price of Love, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Price of Love, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the silk sheet painted with three cartels. In the center, a gallant gathered in a wood exchanges words of love, unites their hearts, or hopes for a happy union thanks to the lottery of Love. On the right, a gallant...

Catgut windows, ca. 1780 Folded...

Catgut windows, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the silk leaf painted with garlands of roses scrolling on simulated columns, alternating with catgut "windows". In the center, a couple walks towards an altar where two hearts are burning. Dumb reverse. Engraved...

Chinoiserie, circa 1780 Folded...

Chinoiserie, circa 1780 Folded fan, the silk sheet painted with a Chinese-inspired scene, animated by four characters, one of whom is shooting with a bow towards a target. This composition is entirely in silk, in relief, underlined with the point of...

Les galants musiciens, circa 1780 Folded...

Les galants musiciens, circa 1780 Folded fan, the cream silk sheet painted with landscapes in medallions framing a young couple composed of a guitarist and a singer. Reverse side painted with a rose. White mother-of-pearl frame, cut out, engraved...

Mentor, Dido and Aeneas, ca. 1780 Folded...

Mentor, Dido and Aeneas, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the double sheet of beige silk painted with trophies in medallions framing an oval color engraving. The young Aeneas is under the spell of Dido's companions, while the queen walks away with Mentor. Two birds...

The Guitar Player, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

The Guitar Player, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the silk leaf painted with a gallant scene, framed by two bouquets of flowers underlined with chain stitch. Dumb reverse. Ivory frame* cut, engraved and gilded with three characters. H.t. 28 cm-H.f. 12,3...

Sleeping Love, ca. 1770-1780 Folded...

Sleeping Love, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the leaf in painted skin on a silver background of a sleeping love in a grove that a couple of lovers comes to spy. Bouquets of flowers mixing roses and lilacs on the sides. Bosquet sketched, among two bouquets...

The Young Musicians, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Young Musicians, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the double skin sheet painted with gouache of a musical gathering in a garden. On the reverse, on paper, a sketched landscape. Ivory frame* cut out and painted with delicate compositions of birds, rabbits...

The Little Oblivion Merchant, ca....

The Little Oblivion Merchant, ca. 1780-1790 Folded fan, the painted silk sheet of a little boy holding a wafer called a "oublie" which he hands to a young girl. She is carrying the drum face on her lap. On the sides, a flute player and a hurdy-gurdy...

Blue monochrome, ca. 1780 Folded...

Blue monochrome, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the double sheet in blue monochrome of a couple in a country setting. Sketch of a bush in blue monochrome on the reverse. Bone mount, the strands carved and gilded. H.t. 27,5 cm-H.f. 12,4 cm (wear, restoratio...

The Young Boy, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Young Boy, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the cream silk leaf painted with a child offering a basket of flowers under the gaze of an elegant garden gathering. On the sides, original compositions with a dog and a peacock on the left, and two hens on the right. Dumb...

The Harpist Love, ca. 1780 Folded...

The Harpist Love, ca. 1780 Folded fan, the cream silk leaf painted with a love playing the harp in the center. On the sides, a shepherdess and her staff, and a young boy letting a bird escape from its cage. Dumb reverse. Mounted in cut, engraved and...

Two fans, circa 1780 One, the...

Two fans, circa 1780 One, the silk leaf painted with two flowering vases framing a group of card players at table. Ivory frame* cut, engraved and silvered. H.t. 27 cm-H.f. 12 cm (cuts, wear, stains, restorations) The other, the paper leaf painted...

The Gallant Fisherman, ca. 1780 Folded...