Handscreen, having a fleur-de-lis shaped, black laquered handle, punched at the base and threaded with a cream cotton tassel. The frame is of metal, in a squashed oval shape, bound with brown painted paper, the screen itself being of white/grey treated silk, painted with four figures against a water and countryside backing, using greens, greys, golds, beiges, yellow, red, white and blue. Image shows a Japanese girl playing a tamborine.