Double-sided folding fan, c. 1800 - c. 1825 Folding range with double sheet of paper on which elegant Chinese performances have been painted with gouache and gold paint, on an open frame of ivory cut into relief with copper fan ring. The front leaf is almost completely filled with one performance, on which a dignitaries on a veranda inside a garden filled with Taoist immortals with their attributes on clouds respectively. The thirty -seven figures have painted ivory faces and wear silk clothes. The whole is surrounded by a border with flower, leaf and fruit motifs. On the far left and right of

Double-sided folding fan, c. 1800 - c. 1825 Folding range with double sheet of paper on which elegant Chinese performances have been painted with gouache and gold paint, on an open frame of ivory cut into relief with copper fan ring. The front leaf is almost completely filled with one performance, on which a dignitaries on a veranda inside a garden filled with Taoist immortals with their attributes on clouds respectively. The thirty -seven figures have painted ivory faces and wear silk clothes. The whole is surrounded by a border with flower, leaf and fruit motifs. On the far left and right of the performance a cartouche with flowers, animals and objects. The leaf at the back is divided into three cartouches, in which a landscape with water, beach, structures and people centrally. Left and right scenes from daily life with eight figures each with painted ivory faces and clothes from silk. The frame is cut into low relief with all kinds of figures and buildings, only the closing legs have high relief and have figures between plants and flowers. The copper fan ring has a flower -shaped rosette. A silk cord hangs with glasses and wooden beads on the fan ring. Canton leaf: Paper. Painting: Gouache (Paint). painting:. frame: Ivory. fan ring: copper (metal). Cord: Silk. Beads: Glass. Beads: Wood (Plant Material) painting / cutting Folding range with double sheet of paper on which elegant Chinese performances have been painted with gouache and gold paint, on an open frame of ivory cut into relief with copper fan ring. The front leaf is almost completely filled with one performance, on which a dignitaries on a veranda inside a garden filled with Taoist immortals with their attributes on clouds respectively. The thirty -seven figures have painted ivory faces and wear silk clothes. The whole is surrounded by a border with flower, leaf and fruit motifs. On the far left and right of the performance a cartouche with flowers, animals and objects. The leaf at the back is divided i

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