A Canton fan, the leaf painted with figures on terraces, their faces of ivory, their clothes of silk, the verso embroidered with a peacock and other birds, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures and boats, the guardsticks carved in high relief with roses, figures and buildings - 12in.(30cm.), circa 1860 - in fitted lacquer box

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A Canton fan, the leaf painted with figures on terraces, their faces of ivory, their clothes of silk, the verso embroidered with a peacock and other birds, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures and boats, the guardsticks carved in high relief with roses, figures and buildings - 12in.(30cm.), circa 1860 - in fitted lacquer box

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