A handscreen of red and black wool applied with beetle wings, with turned wooden handle - Indian, 19th century; a cockade fan - probably Praslin Islands; and three Chinese painted handscreens; a Japanese fan with plain silk leaf, ivory sticks and guardsticks decorated with shibayama work - 13in. (32cm.), circa 1880; a fan, the leaf painted recto and verso with Chinese figures in a landscape, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted with figures - 13in. (34cm.), Chinese for the European marketi; an unusual fan, the leaf of petal shaped panels painted with Chinese figures and verso with a European couple in 17th century dress, the ivory sticks carved and pierced - Chinese export, circa 1860; a wooden brise fan painted with shield-shaped vignettes of birds and flowers - late 18th century, the painting Chinese; and three oriental fans (12)

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A handscreen of red and black wool applied with beetle wings, with turned wooden handle - Indian, 19th century; a cockade fan - probably Praslin Islands; and three Chinese painted handscreens; a Japanese fan with plain silk leaf, ivory sticks and guardsticks decorated with shibayama work - 13in. (32cm.), circa 1880; a fan, the leaf painted recto and verso with Chinese figures in a landscape, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted with figures - 13in. (34cm.), Chinese for the European marketi; an unusual fan, the leaf of petal shaped panels painted with Chinese figures and verso with a European couple in 17th century dress, the ivory sticks carved and pierced - Chinese export, circa 1860; a wooden brise fan painted with shield-shaped vignettes of birds and flowers - late 18th century, the painting Chinese; and three oriental fans (12)

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