Hand-painted Folding Fan with Two Asian Children on Bridge drawing of young man somewhere between late 19th and

somewhere between late 19th and early 20th century

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

This teapot was designed by Lagardo Tackett for Schmid Porcelain in the 1960s and made in Japan

in purple colored pencil

who told her husband she “liked mice”

Hand-painted Folding Fan with Two Asian Children on Bridge drawing of young man somewhere between late 19th andI 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