£875
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
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
Provenance: Private English collection