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Rigid fan (pien mien)
Chinese
Qing Dynasty
about 1840
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Painted plain weave silk; ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 40.6 x 24.1 cm (16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William Perry Dudley
Accession NumberRES.35.31
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRigid fan with painted silk. On the obverse are pink peonies and cherry blossoms with an orange, green, brown and blue butterfly. On the reverse is a domestic scene; two women with a parasol and a child in a boat being steered by a man in a large hat while one man carries buckets of water into to his home and two others stand on their garden terrace watching the women pass by. Carved ivory handle with flowers and birds.
ProvenanceGift from William Perry Dudley to the MFA, October 3, 1935