| Object Number | 16841A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Guangzhou |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | ca. 1893 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Paint |
| Iconography | Woman | Fan | Vase |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | Chinese bamboo screen with four registers. The top register contains a woman holding a fan standing by a table with a flower in a vase. The whole image is surrounded by a floral border. Below that there are ten stylized Chinese characters with a border of bats, fish, flowers, and fruit. Below that is a butterfly surrounded by fruits and flowers. The bottom register contains a vase with a flower coming out of it and an animal on the right surrounded by a floral border. It is one of three screens. |
| Height | 213.36 cm |
| Width | 65 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from / at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
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