A Rare Art Deco Period Chinese Advertising Fan for 'Luna Park' c.1920-30

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A Rare Art Deco Period Chinese Advertising Fan for 'Luna Park' c.1920-30Origin: Chinese Period: Art Deco Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 30 Length: 11 inches Open Span: 16. 5 inches (at maximum) The paper leaf fan with art deco inspired printed scene in scarlet red, turquoise and yellow on a buff ground showing two stylised greyhounds chasing a hare with angular lettering Luna Park above and the same in Chinese, the wording repeated on the reverse though in red and black with geometric banding and depicted area map with

carefully drawn hands pointing to a new paragraph being found in early 12th century Spanish manuscripts

his increasing skill as a caricaturist attracted attention beyond Yorkshire

the card is a hugely intriguing

this box is now marble paper paper lined but with the original royal blue padded silk lid and working lock with key

Luna's attributes are the crescent moon and the two-yoke chariot

The stand is flanked by the mammoth superstructure formed by an arrangement of antlers

In ancient Rome

These included some 520

while the final was re-run

Eye candy for the discerning natural historian

from drawings by the late John Flaxman

Period: Mid Nineteenth Century