Fan, brass guards, silk leaf, China, 1800-1850
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800-1850
Fan with brass guards, chased with Chinese figures and include acanthus leaves. The sticks are of filigree with 'spiralling' roundels. Part of the filigree is filled in with blue and green enamel work. The narrow leaf has the common multi-figure scene in sombre colours, pasted-on ivory faces and silk cloth. On the back are birds among flowering foliage.
With a case of cream-coloured silk with couched work, including gilt thread, showing flowers and cash. A silk strap with two amethyst coloured stones sliding on it is at the top end.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Chased brass, ivory, silk, enamelled, gilt thread and stones
- Dimensions
- Length: 27.9 cm; Length: 30.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- China
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O457681
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- T.222&A-1959
- Museum system number
- O457681
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.