Chinese Tanqiang (Dongyang) Carved Wooden Fan, Late Nineteenth Century. The guards each carved with court figures standing or seated amidst trees and pavilions, one holding a fan, the ribs carved with flowers and figures and entwined with a ribbon; housed in the original brocade-covered box affixed with a label inscribed in red "LUENCHUN MOTHER O'PEARL IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL CARVER, N. 6 New China Street." Fan: H: 7.875 in., W: 13.75 in., D: 1.25 in. Box: H: 1.75 in., W: 8.625 in., D: 1.625 in. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Cortlandt and Nancy Knowles Parker, Greenvale Farm Estate and Vineyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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1.75 x 8.625 x 1.625 in