The Fruit Harvest, Europe, ca. 1770-1780 Folded fan, the paper sheet painted with gouache of a garden scene in the Chinese taste. Three servants in a garden present a harvest of fruit to a figure. All are dressed in burgau or applied mother-of-pearl plates. Flowers in applied mother-of-pearl and butterflies in natural feathers enliven the composition. The reverse side in mute paper. Black lacquered bamboo frame with gold decoration of figures in a garden. The head in ivory*. H.t. 29,5 cm H.f. 14,7 cm (missing, accidents) With a fan box covered with paper in imitation of shagreen. 18th century