Fan

MOA: University of British Columbia

N1.335

Golden paper fan enclosed in a shaped wooden frame with glass. Imagery painted on the fan depicts two women in a garden with part of a house in the background; red and black characters in the upper left corner.


  • Type of Item fan
  • Culture Chinese
  • Material paper, wood, ink, watercolour paint, glass
  • Manufacturing Technique gilded, framed, painted
  • Measurements height 21.2598 in, width 7.625 in (overall)

  • Previous Owner Leslie G. Kilborn
  • Received from Fyfe-Smith Memorial Oriental Collection Fund, Leslie G. Kilborn

  • Made in China

  • Collection Date between 1921 and 1960
  • Ownership Date before October 1966
  • Acquisition Date during October 1966

  • Condition excellent
  • Accession Number 0037/0100/0064