guards, themselves carved with Chinese figures and buildings. The double paper leaf, in the Chinoiserie style, depicting both European and Oriental figures, is sprinkled with crushed mother-of-pearl and bears the attribution to M Gamble According to the Late Act 1740, at the bottom left of the recto. From the left, a European scene of ruins with a man of import seated next to a stream. The central scene shows an oriental figure holding a large decorated fixed fan, and the final scene shows an oriental family gathering where a game is being played. The verso has a simple depiction of a figure with blackened face. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cmSome light soling to the cream background, slight loss to the paper on the bottom border, some nicks to the upper folds and small areas of period restoration to the verso.