Folding Fan

Brise

21796

From: China | Canton

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 21796
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Canton
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Paint | Feather | Bone
Technique Painted
Iconography Palm Tree
Description

Feather fan. Fretted bone sticks with swan feather attached. The tip of each feather is replaced by the tip of a peacock feather. In the center is a painted design showing two Chinese men under a palm tree. At either side is a floral design.

Credit Line Gift of Simon Flenner, 1900
Other Number 117 - Drexel Number

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