19th C Thai Fly Whisk Ivory handle profusely carved in relief with two entwined dragons and florals. NB: ivory export restrictions. L29cm (handle) L80cm (overall)
PROVENANCE: Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra. Estimate $500-1,000