Two Japanese dance fans, both with wood montures which divide into sections on the upper guard and are finished with knotted string decoration, the first with the monture painted in gold, the double paper leaf with muted ground painted with pale pink flowers and black leaves, a butterfly to one corner, the verso a strong red, with simple gold reed decoration, guard approx. 12.5 inches or 32cm; a second fan with silver ground, painted with black leaves and an outsize peony bloom, a moth on the foliage to the left, the verso in silver, painted with a butterfly and two moths, tan wood monture, fitted with a tassel, guard approx. 11.75 inches or 30cm (2)