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Fly Whisk

Antique Indian Mughal Miniature Royal Court Women Shah Watercolor Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
stands behind the Shah with a fly-whisk. Below are formal gardens with a fountain water feature, the
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Antique Early 1900s Indian Islamic Paintings and Screens

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Bone, Paint

Japanese Porcelain Plate
Located in Atlanta, GA
peeking peonies, suggest a subtropical scenery. The ladies were pictured as holding various item, a fly
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

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Ceramic

Japanese Porcelain Plate
Japanese Porcelain Plate
$1,000
H 2 in Dm 14.4 in
Ethnic Design-Three Decorative Beaded Flywhisks , Cameroon Grasslands
Located in Leuven , BE
The Royal Fly Whisks (ethnic names: see leng koko or beuka) used in dances are made of carved wood
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Burlap, Wood, Beads

Chinese Guardian's Tail Inkstone, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
shizi, depicted with open jaws and a long mane of flowing curls. Resembling a Buddhist fly whisk, the fu
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Chinese Guardian's Tail Inkstone, circa 1850
Chinese Guardian's Tail Inkstone, circa 1850
$2,480
H 4 in W 10.5 in D 5.75 in
17thC or earlier Tibetan Buddhist Portrait Statue of a Monk in copper.-Animated
Located in Ukiah, CA
base. He is holding a finely worked incense burner in one hand and a fly whisk in the other. Most
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Antique 17th Century Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
fly whisk and a sword. The figure is painted with an animated posture and colorful detail, and the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Paint

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
$4,280
H 42.25 in W 23.75 in D 2 in
Anglo-Indian School: Four Églomisé Portraits, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
an attendant holding a fly whisk, a traditional emblem of honor and status. The strong colors and
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Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood

An Indian part-gilt silver-clad ceremonial sceptre or mace with a tiger’s head
Located in Amsterdam, NL
processions, signalling their association with the monarch. Alongside fly-whisks and standards, they were
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Metalwork

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Silver

Traditional Egyptian Costumes – 18th-Century Ethnographic Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
ceremonial fly whisk. Figure D stands confidently with staff in hand and an ornamented robe, suggesting a
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

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Superb African Tribal BaCongo Bakongo Colonial Staff Head
Located in London, GB
African tribal BaCongo Bakongo colonial staff head A 19th century BaCongo colonial staff or fly
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Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Gilt Bronze Figure of Dharmatala
Located in London, GB
Seated in 'Royal Ease' on a pillow base, holding a fly whisk and bumpa, clad in long flowing robes
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Antique 17th Century Tibetan Antiquities

Gilt Bronze Figure of Dharmatala
Gilt Bronze Figure of Dharmatala
H 3.86 in W 2.52 in D 1.58 in
Set of Four HEIC School Paintings on Mica
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
with fly whisk behind. A mahut sits in front. Two further attendants or guards walk in front of the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Paintings

Set of Four HEIC School Paintings on Mica
Set of Four HEIC School Paintings on Mica
H 4.75 in W 6.25 in D 0.1 in
African Carved Wood and Copper Horse Hair Fly Whisk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With fine traditional form, good size, and soft age/use patina. On a custom steel stand.
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20th Century African Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique Indian Mughal Empire Miniature Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
with gold paint on paper. Portrays a seated raja and a standing servant holding a fly-whisk. These
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Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paint

Japanese Bronze Figure of Attendant w/ Chamara
Located in Astoria, NY
holding a chamara fly-whisk or -swish used to sweep ignorance and fan deities, the figure's face, hands
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Early 20th Century Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Three Decorative Beaded Flywhisks , Cameroon Grasslands
Located in Leuven , BE
The Royal Fly Whisks (ethnic names: see leng koko or beuka) used in dances are made of carved wood
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Burlap, Wood, Beads

A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco
Located in Austin, TX
crossed in front of her. She holds a mala (Buddhist rosary) in one hand, a fly whisk in the other. A large
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Paintings and Screens

A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco
A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco
H 26.75 in W 17 in D 1.5 in
Chinese Export Porcelain Immortals Riding Exotic Beasts
Located in Downingtown, PA
with a fly whisk on a green lion, Tieguai with a double gourd on a tiger, Zhongli Quan with a fan on
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Late 19th Century Fly Whisk, China, Qing Dynasty
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th century fly whisk, China, Qing dynasty Made of thorn root, horse hair, and copper wire
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

Pair of Handles of Fly Whisks, Jaipur, India, 19th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
with fish along the stem and floral and vegetal patterns around the bell shaped base. Fly whisks were
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Antique Early 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Arabian Indian Bedouin Horse Hair Bone and Sterling Fly Whisk with Horn Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arabian Bedouin Fly Whisk with Horn Handle - While the piece has a practical side, the whisk is
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Antique 19th Century Saudi Arabian Tribal Art

Materials

Cut Steel

Chinese Silk Embroidered Panel of a Female Immortal, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
. A horsehair fly whisk dangles elegantly from the elongated fingers of her other hand. At Magu's
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Glass, Silk

Leather Horse Fly Whisk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Well preserved leather fly whisk used by adult horse to keep flying insects from resting. Hand-made
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Early 20th Century English Sculptures

Leather Horse Fly Whisk
Leather Horse Fly Whisk
H 54 in W 76 in D 18 in
Fine Chinese Carved Buddha & Hehe Erxian Twins Group, Qing Dynasty
By Style House China 1
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
eyes and teeth. A fly whisk emerges over his left shoulder, and drapes over the finely detailed folds
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Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Export Porcelain Dish, Wanli Period, '1573-1619'
Located in Lisbon, PT
different type of Chinese mythology symbols: the Fly Whisk, an attribute which Lu Dongbin, on of the Eight
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelian Dish, Wanli Period '1573-1619'
Located in Lisbon, PT
with four presenting different type of Chinese mythology symbols: the Fly Whisk, an attribute which Lu
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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