Hand-painted Folding Fan with Two Asian Children on Bridge drawing of young man with one light spot at

with one light spot at the tip of one side of the exterior egg and a crack in one half of the second to smallest egg

This is a limited edition stone-cut (from an edition of 24 I believe) hand-printed at the Holman Eskimo Co-operative in Holman

just a bit of loss of gold on her fan and a few other minor scrapes here and there

somewhere between late 19th and early 20th century

Hand-painted Folding Fan with Two Asian Children on Bridge drawing of young man with one light spot atI love that these two blondish Asian children appear to have haloes around their heads, and also how intently they appear to be peering over the rail of this bridge, perhaps watching fish swimming by. I am not entirely sure whether this little fan is Japanese or Chinoiserie, but I think it's very sweet, down to the stippled leaves on the trees that hover over the figures, and the gold and white painted detail on the sticks. The gold flecked backside