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1965.12.59B

Fan with paper leaves painted with a mountain scene and with Chinese text on the reverse side. Guardsticks incised with mountain landscape. [LKG 07/09/2009]

1965.12.59B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fan with paper leaves painted with a mountain scene and with Chinese text on the reverse side. Guardsticks incised with mountain landscape. [LKG 07/09/2009]
Long description
Fan with paper leaves painted with a mountain scene and with Chinese text on the reverse side. Guardsticks incised with mountain landscape. The incised design on the guardsticks has been brought out using a red-brown pigment. This design is not the same on each side. The image and text painted onto the leaves is in black ink only. [LKG 07/09/2009]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1965
Date collected
By 1965
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1965
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Metal, Process Inscribed, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised, Process Nailed
Dimensions
Length 296 mm folded
Object numbers
Accession number: 1965.12.59B

Search terms: Fan, Writing, Inscription

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