A 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese fan with carved sandalwood monture, the guards both deeply carved with flowers and foliage, the gorge much less so, the cream gauze leaf mounted à l’Anglaise, embroidered in pastel silks to the recto with a coiled dragon chasing a pearl, his head and upper body in colours, contained in a shaped wood box lacquered in black with gold decoration to the exterior and colourful painting to the lid interior, guard approx. 11.75 inches or 30cm (2)