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A Chinoiserie fan
the silk leaf painted with a pagoda and figures in chinese dress outlined in gold braid and sequins, the verso painted with flowers and stamped with a circular stamp St. Petersburg (in cyrillic) 1783 with the Imperial eagle above, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted with chinoiserie - 11in. (27cm.), probably French for the Russian market 1783
the silk leaf painted with a pagoda and figures in chinese dress outlined in gold braid and sequins, the verso painted with flowers and stamped with a circular stamp St. Petersburg (in cyrillic) 1783 with the Imperial eagle above, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted with chinoiserie - 11in. (27cm.), probably French for the Russian market 1783