Phénix de la rivière de perles, éventail chinois, XIXème
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Phénix de la rivière de perles, éventail chinois, XIXème
Chinese / Canton Fan, the paper leaf painted.
On one side the traditional terrace scene with characters in silk clothes and ivory heads and on the other side a rather unusual decoration with trompe l'oeil, a phoenix, a view of the Whampoa island pagoda on the pearl river.
Engraved mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, with alternating color mother of pearl for sticks
Condition: restorations and leaf repaints, guards and three sticks restored
Size :
On one side the traditional terrace scene with characters in silk clothes and ivory heads and on the other side a rather unusual decoration with trompe l'oeil, a phoenix, a view of the Whampoa island pagoda on the pearl river.
Engraved mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, with alternating color mother of pearl for sticks
Condition: restorations and leaf repaints, guards and three sticks restored
Size :
