Lot 103

JAPANESE PAPER AND IVORY FAN Y
MEIJI PERIOD




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 682
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £400 - £600
Description
明治 象牙描金美人花卉圖紙摺扇
double-paper leaf with ivory sticks and guards, each side painted in ink, one side delicately painted with Japanese women bijin in three circular cartouches against a gilt-paint ground, the reverse depicting various flowers and butterflies in the field, the ivory guards decorated in gold paint and shibayama inlaid with a flowering branch and a carved and polychromed bijin portrait in a floral cartouche
Dimensions
22.5cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private English collection



