Octagonal handscreen, the fram and curved handle being of wood which is laquered in gloss black, decorated with floral motifs in gold paint, the handle tip holding an emerald green strip of silk, hung with a spherical glass bead, and a long tassel of jade green silk.The screen itself is of cream/grey silk, painted around the border with flowers in pink, blue, orange and green, the main design painted with three figures, and embroidered with trees and flowers in red, yellow, green, pink, orange and purple. The design appears to have been pre-drawn (either by hand, or purchased as such) before being embroidered and painted.