27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
  Lot 4216
 

4216

A Late 19th Century Chinese Map Fan, the simple wood monture with a double paper leaf, each...

A Late 19th Century Chinese Map Fan, the simple wood monture with a double paper leaf, each side with detailed depictions of perhaps a region and a city within? The recto, printed and coloured with areas of green and highlights of yellow and red, appears to show a region with a built-up area and the more rural parts to the exterior. The verso, without colours, appears to show streets and major sites of interest. Guard length 12 inches or 30.5cm

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

. Slight splitting to the folds, both upper and lower, but no loss. Monture sound.

 


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