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Silk stretched over bamboo frame black lacquer shaft secured with metal. Swirl pattern in purple orange yellow. Fan is half circle shaped.

Black lacquer on wood round frame decorated in red with plants and figures decorative cloud-shaped opening on shaft. The silk covering is done in colored embroidery threads and painting. Depicted are scholars and ladies in a garden. There is a silk…

Color on silk scene of scholar and students on black round frame. Gold foil on back decorative holes on handle cord on bottom. some discoloration and glue(?) on painting minor hole

Fan made of carved bone sticks dyed chicken feathers (pink) topped with peacock feather eyes. Hand painte floral decoration silk tassel glass beads.

Bamboo sticks natural stain metal peg. Black paper painted with landscape in gold silver browns and greens. Red seal of artist on edge. This type of painting appears on export fans of the post 1850's and could be of this type which were primarily…

Bamboo sticks with wood pin end sticks decorated in brown in registers of characters landscapes and figures. Black paper mounted on sticks and reinforced on ribs with shellac.

This is a round Chinese fan with black lacquer frame and a silk embroidered face. It is embroidered on off-white silk fabric. The embroidery consists of a rooster in yellows with blue and black plumes and a butterfly with pink and light green wings…

Sandalwood slat-style fan with very faint floral decoration on hand-made paper. Edge of fan decorated in gold. Silver cord hangs from the bottom of the fan.

Flat fan with butterfly-shaped form. One side of the fan face is red the other black. Both are decorated with writing in Japanese. The red side also has a gold crescent and a diamond form. A gold metal band decorated the top of the handle the bottom…

Flat circular paper fan with bamboo handle. One side in blue paint has a scene depicting tall grass and flowers. The reverse side is white with some writing in red.