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Brisé fan
Chinese
1750–1800
Object Place: China, for export
Medium/Technique
Pierced and painted ivory blades; silk
Dimensions
Guard: 20.3 cm (8 in.); maximum open: 28 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2082
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPierced ivory sticks with reversible painted design of European and Asian figures: woman and boy offering fruit left, man and woman by tree center, man and two boys right (incomplete); trees between, butterflies above. White silk connecting ribbon.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, November 10, 1943.