Fan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1795
Fan — Rijksmuseum object AK-RAK-2005-4. Dated by the museum: c. 1795. Museum attribution: anonymous. Material: horn (animal material). Museum description: The fan consists of two guards and (now) 15 sticks; at least two sticks are missing and one guard has been repaired with a section of a stick. On the sticks, figures and pavilions against a background of carved pierced vertical lines. The scenes on the sticks are self-contained, but together they nevertheless form a logical whole. The fan is carved in such a way that it can be viewed from both sides. Centrally, a horizontal oval with the initials 'DWR'. In the tips above the ribbon, flowering plants, sometimes with a bird or figures near a tree. The guards are carved in high relief: tendrils with birds, merging at the top into figures under trees.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- horn (animal material)
- Dimensions museum
- length 18.5 cm x width 28 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Fan
- Museum object number
- AK-RAK-2005-4
- Museum classification
- fan
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: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against fan-history references.