A PAINTED PAPER FAN
Mid-19th century
The front with detailed waterfront scenes of Canton, Macao and Hong Kong reserved on a gilt field of flowering vine, bats and ribbon-tied emblems, the back finely painted with a pair of exotic birds amidst lush flowering tropical plants on a silvered ground, the sticks filigree work, giltwood and glass case
9 7/8in. (25cm.) long, the sticks
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The view of Canton clearly showing the Western church, built in 1847, and its gardens, which were destroyed by fire in 1856
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