Folding fan

Medium

Leaf: gouache and bronze paint on paper. Sticks and guards: mother-of-pearl, carved, pierced and veneered, decorated with gold-and-silver-toned metal leaf. Pivot: green paste jewel.

Dimensions

Length: 26.7 cm. (guard sticks) Width: 45.7 cm. (open)

Classification

Fans

Culture

Austrian or German

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1559

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