Chinese Topographical Fan: a very unusual paper fan with bam...
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£80 - £120
Chinese Topographical Fan: a very unusual paper fan with bamboo sticks, 19th century or earlier, the guards polished, the paper leaf with engraved scenes of bridges spanning rivers, featuring a variety of buildings, some perhaps industrial, and various craft on the water, figures in each scene, and several sections full of calligraphy and handwritten descriptions, the top right with a band of calligraphy, the verso plain but darker paper, guard approx. 25 cm (Shipping category C)
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£80 - £120
Chinese Topographical Fan: a very unusual paper fan with bamboo sticks, 19th century or earlier, the guards polished, the paper leaf with engraved scenes of bridges spanning rivers, featuring a variety of buildings, some perhaps industrial, and various craft on the water, figures in each scene, and several sections full of calligraphy and handwritten descriptions, the top right with a band of calligraphy, the verso plain but darker paper, guard approx. 25 cm (Shipping category C)
