Rare and exquisite antique Chinese painted fan with carved ivory stick handle. mythical beasts making the bag really unique

making the bag really unique

It has a chain of garnet clusters which have a wonderful deep blood red colour - by candlelight they take on a particularly romantic glow

This is a Limited Edition bag

Now with coloured card images

About 2 cm across ( a little less than one inch)

Rare and exquisite antique Chinese painted fan with carved ivory stick handle. mythical beasts making the bag really uniqueThis is a beautiful fan with great detail. Cantonese and dating from around mid 19th century. Decorated with beautiful court scenes in the "1000 Faces" pattern. The faces are made from ivory (or possibly ox bone) which has been applied to the paper and then painted. This fan has a particularly lovely border showing stylised fish. We haven't opened up the frame but it's probably that the fan is also painted on the reverse. Intricately and finely carved