ITALIAN GRAND TOUR FOLDING FAN AFTER THE MANNER OF CAMILLO BUTI. SWANSKIN DOUBLE LEAF, RECTO DRAWN WITH CHINA INK AND HAND-PAINTED WITH SIX MEDALLIONS DEPICTING, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: THE GIANO'S ARCH, COSTANTINO'S ARCH, ST. PETER'S SQUARE, THE PANTHEON, SETTIMIO SEVERO'S ARCH AND TITO'S ARCH, SURROUNDED BY RINASCIMENTAL STYLE DECORATIONS AND GROTESQUES. THE PAINTING IS SIGNED "LARDO N" OR V. THE LEAF WAS SURELY BROUGHT BY THE TRAVELLER TO HIS COUNTRY WITHOUT STICKS. THEY WERE ADDED LATER, AND ALMOST SURELY THEY ARE OF CHINESE MANUFACTURE, MADE OF LACQUERED AND PAINTED WOOD WITH A FLOWER SHAPED MOP WASHER. I THINK, HOWEVER, THE STICKS ARE ELDER THAN THE LEAF. 1770/80 FOR THE LEAF. FIRST HALF OF XVIII CENTUR FOR THE STICKS. CM.28,5. MAX. SPREAD CM. 50. STICKS: 18+2.