A mother of pearl brise fan, the recto and verso carved with pagodas, plants, oriental figures playing games, conversing and working, above the ribbon carved with animals on the verso and oriental figures on the recto, many of whom carry fans, the recto with an uncarved medallion, the guardsticks with dragons - 7 1/2in. (18.5cm), Canton, circa 1830, one guardstick broken
A mother of pearl brise fan, the recto and verso carved with pagodas, plants, oriental figures playing games, conversing and working, above the ribbon carved with animals on the verso and oriental figures on the recto, many of whom carry fans, the recto with an uncarved medallion, the guardsticks with dragons - 7 1/2in. (18.5cm), Canton, circa 1830, one guardstick broken

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A mother of pearl brise fan, the recto and verso carved with pagodas, plants, oriental figures playing games, conversing and working, above the ribbon carved with animals on the verso and oriental figures on the recto, many of whom carry fans, the recto with an uncarved medallion, the guardsticks with dragons - 7 1/2in. (18.5cm), Canton, circa 1830, one guardstick broken
See Illustration p.30

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