A Canton fan, the leaf painted with figures in pavilions, their faces of ivory, their clothes of silk, mainly in tones of green, the verso embroidered with peacock and other birds against blossom, mainly in tones of pink, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures - 11in. (29cm.), circa 1870 - in fitted lacquer box, the lid lined in silk and painted with ornamental pheasant, roses and vegetables