Auction Closed
October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A vellum, ivory and mother-of-pearl fan, possibl♓y English, circa 1730
the ivory sticks and guards with silver piqué ornament and carved mother-of-pearl depicting country scenes and putti, the painted-vellum leaf depicting the clemency of Alexander the Great before the family of King Darius III of Persia, on a later cardboard mount
height 6 in.; width 10 2⁄3 in.; 15 cm; 27,5 cm.
Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory the export of which outside the EU is now prohibite🥂d pursuant to European regulation 2021/2280 of 16 December 2021. Sotheby's will be able to provide the buyer with the intra-community certificate attached to this item
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Eventail en vélin, ivoi༒re, et nacre, probablement Angleterre, vers 1730
la feuille représentant la cl𝓡émence d'Alexandre devan🐲t la famille de Darius
height 6 in.; width 10 2⁄3 in.; 15 cm; 27,5 cm.
Veuillez noᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚter que ce lot contient de l’ivoire d’éléphant et que conformément au règlement européen 2021/2280 du 16 décembre 2021, l’exportation de biens contenant cette matière hors de l’UE est interdite. Sotheby’s sera en mesure de délivrer à l’acquéreur le certificat intracommunautaire concernant ce bien.
Olivier Coutau-Begarie, 14 October 2015, lot 102.
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Olivier Coutau-Begarie, 14 octobre 2015, lot 102.