Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Fan
Object NameFan
Mediumcardboard and paper
ClassificationsFashion and Dress
DimensionsOverall (Open Height x Width): 220 × 400mm
Overall (Closed Height x Width): 220 × 45mm
Overall (Closed Height x Width): 220 × 45mm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS014879
About MeLadies blue, green paper and cardboard fan comprising twenty-four white carved and shaped cardboard sticks, decorated with gold painted design . The paper features a central Japanese landscape scene with two ladies standing by a lake with long lilac coloured flowers hanging down over the scene from the upper border. The scene is flanked on the mount by a painted green section to the left, and a painted blue one to the right. The entire fan is completed by a upper blue border with gold foliage all along it.
Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu Period, 1875-1908
20th Century
James Cromar Watt
Late 19th century
