The Mask

Fan with carved and painted bone sticks. The double paper leaf is decorated on the recto with an engraving over-painted in watercolour. A central mask with peepholes is perhaps the most striking element of this playful design probably made for the Spanish market, of which only a handful examples are thought to have survived. The vignettes on either side are also of interest and include a fan shop in which mask fans are on display (far right).