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A late 19th century Canton ivory fan within an ivory case, together with a small ivory handled seal



Condition report: There is loss and damage to the box including cracking, loss of a short side, and replacement of the other short side. Fading to the slik painitng on the inside of the box. The seal has fracture lines on the handle and collection of dirt. The ivory tassel for the fan is serperate but provided. Loss to some of the faces on the silk fan and slight fading to colour and decoration. Slight creasemarks in the fan at the folds which has removed the paint and casued slight tears at the top. Very minor chipping to the relief carved ivory decoration. 27.6cm long

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