A FINE CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER FAN

A FINE CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER FAN, GUANGDONG (CANTON) QING DYNASTY, C1840 the gilt leaf painted with twelve figures including musicians and a scholar, the reverse with a bird perched on a flowering peony branch, black and gold lacquer guards and black and gold and red lacquer sticks, sticks 27.5cm, in the original woven silk covered pasteboard box, the underside of the lid stamped in ink Linhino, with indistinct handwritten inscription including date 10th Sep 1844