A Canton fan, the leaf painted with a vignettes of Macao and the Canton river, the reserves silvered and painted with putti wearing boots and tophats, the verso with figures on a terrace, their faces of ivory, their clothes of silk, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures and buildings and stained red - 11in., circa 1850

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A Canton fan, the leaf painted with a vignettes of Macao and the Canton river, the reserves silvered and painted with putti wearing boots and tophats, the verso with figures on a terrace, their faces of ivory, their clothes of silk, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures and buildings and stained red - 11in., circa 1850

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Hotel Drouot, 1924

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