A mother of pearl brise fan, the recto deeply carved with trees, pagodas and oriental figures, some dining, some working, some handling fans, the verso carved less deeply with traced recto, the guards with dragons - 7 ½in. (19cm), Canton, circa 1830, in box marked HOACHING, ribbon torn

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A mother of pearl brise fan, the recto deeply carved with trees, pagodas and oriental figures, some dining, some working, some handling fans, the verso carved less deeply with traced recto, the guards with dragons - 7 ½in. (19cm), Canton, circa 1830, in box marked HOACHING, ribbon torn
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From trade labels it appears that Hoaching was one of the leading specialists in handling mother of pearl which suggests that the fan comes in its original box

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