Brisé fan of openwork and relief-carved ivory featuring scenes from Chinese life with pagodas, houses, trees, and an undecorated oval medallion in the centre

Brisé fan of openwork and relief-carved ivory featuring scenes from Chinese life with pagodas, houses, trees, and an undecorated oval medallion in the centre. Model: 21 contiguous sticks.

Brass rivet surrounded by a mother-of-pearl washer. Decoration: below the oval medallion, fairly central, is a seated man with a seated woman playing music to his left. Both are surrounded by standing figures and trees. To the right in the background, a pagoda. Up to the ribbon, the sticks are filled with scenes from Chinese life, both indoors and outdoors. The scalloped upper border above the ribbon is alternately filled with figures, birds, leaf and floral motifs, and on the right a sampan (partially covered Asian boat).

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1978-325; its record gives material recorded as ivory, copper (metal), mother of pearl; technique cutting, drawn thread work. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.