NOV 2018 JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 6 November 2018 - 10:00 AM start
A 19thC Chinese finely carved ivory fan
Realised: $750 plus premium
Lot Details
opening to reveal various figures within a landscape including pagoda and other buildings and vessels, the centre with oval cartouche framing the initials 'MK', minor loss. Provenance: 'This fan is believed to have been owned by ... Mary Kempson whose initials are carved on the fan (Mary subsequently married Sarah's Great, Great Grandfather Charles). Mary Kempson's brother, William Kempson, served with the 99th Regiment of Foot of the British Army, and served in the 1860 War of China. It is assumed that he obtained the fan during that time...'.
