Fan, Japan, ca. 1875-1884
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1875-1884
Fan, Japan, ca. 1875-1884 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1875-1884. The museum's brief description reads: Folding fan, ivory with a pair of purple tassels, floral roundels in gold and silver lacquer and carved ivory, signed 'Taishin', Japan, ca.
1875-1884. Museum description: Fan of folding form (ôgi), composed of twenty thin ivory sticks, several of which are carved to form flower heads, and a pair of undecorated fan guards, all connected with a cream ribbon, together with a pair of long aubergine-coloured silk tassels attached to a silver rivet where the sticks and guards all meet. On both sides of the fan, floral roundels of different sizes are depicted together with two wisps of clouds in gold and silver takamaki-e lacquer (maki-e in which parts of the design can be raised by clay or charcoal powder).
The museum record gives material recorded as ivory, lacquer; measurements Length 25.7 cm; place associated: Japan. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- ivory, lacquer
- Dimensions
- Length 25.7 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- carved ivory with gold and silver <i>takamaki-e</i> lacquer (<i>maki-e</i> in which parts of the design can be raised by clay or charcoal powder) with <i>kirikane</i> (metal foil cut to various shapes and individually set into lacquer, often as a mosaic) and an aubergine-coloured tassel
- Place recorded
- Japan
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- Taishin with a kao
Identification
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Museum object number
- 1054-1884
- Museum system number
- O492336
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 materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.