Brisé fan made of cedar wood, pierced and carved in relief on both sides, with Chinese scenes
Also known as: Brisé-waaier van cederhout, aan twee kanten gedritst en in reliëf gesneden, waarop Chinese voorstellingen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1830 - c. 1840
Brisé fan made of cedar wood, pierced and carved in relief on both sides, depicting Chinese scenes. The scenes consist of various people, houses, tables, boats, and floral motifs.
The 21 contiguous sticks are connected by a red-pink ribbon. Copper rivet. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-TN-3348; its record gives material recorded as cedar (wood), copper (metal), satin; technique cutting, weaving. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- cedar (wood), copper (metal), satin
- Technique
- cutting, weaving
- Dimensions museum
- span 34 cm x length 19.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Brisé-waaier van cederhout, aan twee kanten gedritst en in reliëf gesneden, waarop Chinese voorstellingen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-TN-3348
- Museum classification
- brisé fan
Catalogue references
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Research required
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