Folding fan

Museum number:
9-17561
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3941
Description:
Fan: folding type, white plainwoven silk mount with handpainted scene of birds in magnolia tree with peonies on obverse, flowers, grasses and butterflies on reverse; pierces and carved bamboo sticks and guards, iris pattern, brass loop and rivet; 42.4 cm w. Damage:silk shattered mid-mount.
Donor:
Marie Richardson and Richard L. Phillips
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1987-1988 #4: Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion (July 15, 1987–September 21, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Folding fan, accession number 9-17561, described as Fan: folding type, white plainwoven silk mount with handpainted scene of birds in magnolia tree with peonies on obverse, flowers, grasses and butterflies on reverse; pierces and carved bamboo sticks and guards, iris pattern, brass loop and rivet; 42.4 cm w. Damage:silk shattered mid-mount.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Folding fan, accession number 9-17561, described as Fan: folding type, white plainwoven silk mount with handpainted scene of birds in magnolia tree with peonies on obverse, flowers, grasses and butterflies on reverse; pierces and carved bamboo sticks and guards, iris pattern, brass loop and rivet; 42.4 cm w. Damage:silk shattered mid-mount.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Folding fan, accession number 9-17561, described as Fan: folding type, white plainwoven silk mount with handpainted scene of birds in magnolia tree with peonies on obverse, flowers, grasses and butterflies on reverse; pierces and carved bamboo sticks and guards, iris pattern, brass loop and rivet; 42.4 cm w. Damage:silk shattered mid-mount.

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