Description: λ An 18th century ivory fan, with elaborately carved and pierced Chinoiserie guards and sticks, the sticks with two panels containing Chinese figures, the guards with a single Chinese figure and foliate scrollwork, the leaf mounted à l’anglaise fashion and hand-painted with a rural scene of travellers on horseback seeking accommodation, the verso painted with an angler on a bridge, with floral border, circa 1760, length 28.5cm