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AN IVORY ‘FLOWER BOAT’ AND GLASS CASE A CANTONESE IVORY BRISÉ FAN
Mid-19th century Late 18th century
The pleasure boat, named 怡愫 yisu, ‘Sincere Happiness’, crafted from The twenty-five stick fan finely carved on one side with a densely
finely pierced ivory pieces, with two levels populated with boatmen and populated scene of scholars, sages and attendants, with a central
a party of revellers taking wine at the prow, the figures and parts of the shield cartouche containing the monogram ‘AAC’, the fan covers
boat embellished with paint, all raised on a fabric-covered stand within carved in low relief with Daoist Immortals amongst clouds.
a glass dome and wood base. 20cm (7 7/8in) long
The dome: 48cm (18 7/8in) high (4).
£1,200 - 1,800
£1,500 - 2,500 CNY12,000 - 17,000
CNY15,000 - 24,000 HK$14,000 - 21,000
HK$18,000 - 29,000
Compare with an ivory brisé fan, late 18th century, illustrated in Hwajeong
Museum, Fans From Europe and East Asia, Korea 2002, p. 147, no. 122.
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