| Maker(s): | Unknown
| | Culture: | Chinese
| | Title: | Fan and box
| | Date Made: | 19th century
| | Type: | Adornment; Personal Equipment; Ceremonial
| | Materials: | Fan: Color, ivory, gold, and silk applique on paper; lacquer ribs. Box: wood with lacquer, lined in silk
| | Place Made: | Asia; China; Guangzhou (Canton)
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: edge of the outside rib (lacqure): [Chinese character, li shi ya].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1944.3.J.M(b)
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Helen Watt (Class of 1904)
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Description:
Obverse: summer court scene in a garden with trees, flowers, summer houses, columns, and empress (?) seated under a porch and surrounded by numerous attendants. Figures walking in garden and seated in boxes, and a group of figures entering from the right on a boat. Border of medallions with flower, bird, insect, animal and landscape designs. Reverse: similar court scenese inclusing aquarium, performance of lion dance, and a nobleman arriving on a horse from the left and other indoor scenes. Border of meandering floral, animals, etc. Triple tassel of green, red, white.
Keywords/Tags:
export; global; Guangzhou (Canton or Kanton); domestic life
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