19th century
The first, a painted and gilt-lacquer decorated fan, finely and variously decorated to each side with panels of ladies and gentlemen at leisure in luxuriant pavilion gardens, the facial details in applied ivory, alternating with butterflies and exotic birds amongst a profusion of flowering and blossoming plants, the lacquered sticks gilt decorated with similar garden scenes, 48.3cm (19in) wide; the second, a boxwood and ivory brisé fan, with finely pierced ribs, with painted scene of ladies engaged in various elegant pursuits, 52cm (20 1/2in) wide; and the third, an ivory brisé fan, with exquisitely pierced ivory ribs, the fan painted with a scene of ladies and gentlemen engaged in various leisurely pursuits within balustraded pavilions, 53.5cm (21in) wide. (3).

Footnotes

十九世紀紙面人物摺扇一組三件

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare a closely-related folding fan with sandalwood sticks, circa 1830-1840; a folding fan with gilt-black lacquered sticks, circa 1830-1840; and a folding fan with ivory sticks, circa 1830-1840, illustrated by S.Kwan, Chinese Fans, Hong Kong, 2011, pp.208-211 and 214-215, nos.55-56 and 58.

參考約1830-1840年制一例檀香紙面摺扇，一例黑漆描金紙面摺扇，以及一例象牙紙面摺扇，收錄於關善明著，《中國扇具》，香港，2011年，頁208-211及214-215，編號55-56及58。

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