Featured Indian Fan?

Any information on this fan please?

Length: 24" extended.

 

@Any Jewelry Very interesting fan.

 

Very nice find. It looks like a cockade fan, in which the leaves form a full circle. I haven't seen this type in Indian fans before.

 

I've never seen a mysore carved sandalwood fan before, what a cracker, I'd say 1850-1900 and really nicely done.

 

I'm seeing bone rather than ivory. @Any Jewelry What are you seeing?

 

I am seeing sandalwood, as raver mentioned. It is often the carving material of choice in the south of India.

 

This sounds better. I don't know anything about sandalwood other that its use as a fragrance in candles. Is it sturdy enough for the thin slices of the blades?

 

Thanks for your reply. How would you rate the carving?

 

I think Sandalwood

 

I collect this type of carving so I'm in quite a good place to say it's mysore and very well executed, this isn't really a fan market IMHO it's more of a Anglo-Indian market. Just look at how the fan blades are shaped and pierced, look how the micro carved detail on the figures ect. It's all very very good and what you'd expect from Mysore at that time. I'm in no doubt that 1, it's Mysore 2, it's between 1850-1900 and at a guess 1870 3, Sandalwood (scratch a bit with your nail, it should smell). There's not much more I can add other than I've never seen one before.

 

Thank you, that's great information.

 

What a beautiful unique item,great find..

 

Stunning carving-it'd be a framed keeper for me !

 

Like to guess an estimate at auction?

 

I have no idea what these sell for, but that's sandalwood without a doubt. I've never seen a fan made like this before, but there are rabid fan collectors out there and Anglo-Indian junkies (mainly UK the last I looked) who may be all over it. Hopefully fighting each other.

 

I'm one of those who wait for someone to list something like this for a 99p start on ebay and hope no one will spot it. What I'm really trying to say is with the right listing and some work it might make £100-200 but if you start it at 99p then you take the chance no one (apart from me) spots it and it sells for a tiny amount. Have the damage seen to and list it as a buy it now.

 

I will add I've never bought a fan and Any Jewelry will be a better person to ask.

 

The world of Indian sandalwood fans (who knew !). Found a few online but none a dead ringer.
https://www.maljiarts.in/products/s...W6YJhKqHiE9e4nZYLVfp8b__kJc3wsPH9y4ffP0-1HQkK
https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/archived_objects/indian-temple-fans/

 

Some extra pictures

 

Stunning banner fans, amazing carving, and a range above Henry's fan. But those have a different function which means they attract a different buyer.
They are ceremonial or temple banner fans, much like the European flabellum. They serve to fan the temple fire so it keeps burning, or to keep flies away from sacred objects. The market for ceremonial banner fans is more Asian religious art than fan collectors, and of course collectors of Indian woodcarvings.

Henry's fan is a personal fan, carried to keep cool. The fact that it is folding means that it is not kept in a temple, but carried from place to place. It is more simple, because the blades have to fold into the case when not in use. The carving on the handle is of a religious nature, but that is not unsual for personal items. The sacred is a blessing in daily life.
In both cases sandalwood spreads a pleasant smell, which is why it is often used for Asian fans, and even imported for Western fans.

Thanks. Yes it is a cockade fan. Technically a cockade brisé fan. In brisé fans the leaves are separate, unlike regular folding fans, and cockade refers to the full circle.

I only found a 19th century Chinese carved sandalwood cockade brisé fan, with case:

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19872/lot/135/a-sandalwood-cockade-fan-19th-century/

The sold price (in 2012) is only an indication, to add to raver's price estimate.