Description: λ An 18th century Chinese carved ivory and painted fan, circa 1750, the front guard carved in relief with a European man and Oriental foliage, the back guard with vignettes of garden landscapes, the sticks similarly carved and pierced with a central shell and cartouche of two men in village landscape within a folaite ground, the fold with Chinese women and man carrying water in a garden landscape, 46cm wide, 26cm long