Lot 306 Dα

A Canton painted paper folding fan. Mid-19th century

The paper scene shows two groups of mounted warriors facing each other in a landscape, the faces of painted bone, the robes of fabric, the sticks decorated in golden, silvery and reddish lacquer with a central group of figures surrounded by buildings, and birds, flowers and a flower basket on a black ground. Mounted, glazed and framed.
Width 53.5 cm