Folding Fan
29-137-2
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-137-2 |
| Current Location | On Loan |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | 19th Century - 1912 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Technique | Relief |
| Iconography | Human Figures | Houses | Flowers | Trees |
| Description | Ivory folding fan. All over design of human figures with houses and foliage. While each spoke is a separate unit, the grouping of the center spokes from a pattern. End spokes with human figures on balconies andunder flowering trees, with a conventionalized floral register below, all in very high relief. |
| Length | 20.7 cm |
| Width | 36 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from S. Krauss, 1912 |
| Other Number | 17-1969-3 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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