Fan with carved, pierced and gilt ivory sticks, the tops of the guards carved with female busts and backed with burgau.
The double paper leaf is painted on the recto with an assortment of cartouches. The centre contains two principal and smaller portraits in oval surrounds above and below. To the left and right chinoiseries scenes and en camaïeu landscapes.
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