Fan, Japan, 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
Fan, Japan, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Fan of stiffened paper painted in colours and gold, Japan, 19th century.
Museum description: Fan of stiffened paper painted in colours and gold. The guards and sticks are of wood stained black. One side is painted with a landscape and the other with an open-air scene where a noble addresses a man who is rooting up a pine tree. The guards are pierced with floral ornament and the depressions are coated with gilding on red. Bone studs. The museum record gives measurements Length 13.5 in; Width 15 in; 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 13.5 in; Width 15 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Stiffened paper painted in colours and gold, stained wood, pierced, gilded, bone
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Museum object number
- T.312-1916
- Museum system number
- O486558
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.