? A magnificent and fine Chinese Canton export carved ivory bris? fan late 18th / early 19th century, ???? ?????, the guardsticks each carved in relief with four of the eight immortals, the reverse of each with Chinese warriors and birds, the twenty-two sticks carved to one side in relief with numerous oriental figures, scholars and possibly an emperor in a formal garden / palace setting, the upper sticks carved with individual Chinese figures in various pursuits, to the centre is a monogram of the original owner, boxed, length 19 cm