Meeting at the palace, China, 19th century Folded... Lot 14

Meeting at the palace, China, 19th century Folded fan, the double sheet of paper painted with gouache of a palace opened by a terrace animated by 12 characters, whose head is in ivory*, and the silk clothes in relief. On the reverse, on a silver background, a phoenix among flowers. Black lacquered bamboo frame with a decoration of bats framing scholars in a garden. Metallic clasp. H.t. 26 cm-H.f. 10,6 cm (cuts, missing) In a black lacquered bamboo box with gold decoration of a couple in a garden.