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A LACQUERED-IVORY FOLDING FAN
meiji period (late 19th century)
A folding fan of twenty-one sticks decorated on each side in gold and red lacquer with a pair of pheasants, butterflies and flowering autumn grasses, the end sticks additionally inlaid on the outer faces with aogai and mother-of-pearl butterflies and colored ivory insects and buds; fitted with a u-shaped metal suspension loop, silk cord and lacquered-ivory bead ojime--10½in. (26.7cm.) long
meiji period (late 19th century)
A folding fan of twenty-one sticks decorated on each side in gold and red lacquer with a pair of pheasants, butterflies and flowering autumn grasses, the end sticks additionally inlaid on the outer faces with aogai and mother-of-pearl butterflies and colored ivory insects and buds; fitted with a u-shaped metal suspension loop, silk cord and lacquered-ivory bead ojime--10½in. (26.7cm.) long