Lot 284

JAPANESE PAPER AND IVORY TELESCOPIC FAN Y
MEIJI PERIOD






Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
£875
Description
明治 象牙描金人物花卉紙摺扇
double-paper leaf with ivory sticks and guards, each side painted in ink, one side delicately painted with Japanese men and women walking along river banks with cherry blossom trees in three circular cartouches against a gilt-paint ground, the reverse depicted various flowers and butterflies in the field, the ivory guards decorated in gold paint with a flowering branch and birds
Dimensions
21.4cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private English collection





