Fan
Datemid 19th century; c. 1875
Historical location nameCanton
MediumMixed media
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. W. S. Webb
Object number1931.9.1
Descriptionthe leaf on both sides shows many figures in various activities; all the heads are of ivory; the colors are blue, green, gold and red; there is a border around the scene of blue and gold and a wider border around that of flowers, fish and design; the sticks are laquered black with a gold design of figures where each stick joins the leaf there are two figures in different attitudes of conversation; the fan loop has a tassle hanging from it; the tassle is formed of a red rope tied in a know with a silk fringe green and pink; clothes of silk; the box is black laquered painted in a gold design with three figures, inside bird and flowers are paintedOn View
Not on viewCollections
mid 19th cent
18th century
Late 19th century
18th century
late 19th C.