A Canton cockade fan with monogram I.B., the ivory fan carved and pierced with bees, other insects and birds and with flowers, the guardsticks with landscapes with buildings, with ivory hanging box, carved with a pagoda and pierced with flowers - 15in. (38cm.)radius including handle, the box 11in. (28cm.), circa 1790 (three sticks repaired)

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A Canton cockade fan with monogram I.B., the ivory fan carved and pierced with bees, other insects and birds and with flowers, the guardsticks with landscapes with buildings, with ivory hanging box, carved with a pagoda and pierced with flowers - 15in. (38cm.)radius including handle, the box 11in. (28cm.), circa 1790 (three sticks repaired)
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Provenance
Said to be from the Bernard Baruch Collection
and said to have belonged to the Empress Josephine, Js were written as Is in the 18th century

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