Accession Nr.: 59.903.1
Date of production:
second half of the 19th cent. (presumably)
Materials: brass; ivory sticks; mother- of-pearl; silk ribbon; wood
Techniques: ink drawing
Dimensions:
height: 20,5 cm
width: 32 cm
White ornamentation and figures on a black background details are painted in thin brushstrokes. The multi-figure scene, which is difficult to interpret, is repeated as a mirror image on the other side of the semi-transparent bone sticks. Earlier exhibited as a Chinese fan from the 18th century.

Literature

  • Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 108.