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folding fan
Wooden folding fan from China, 20th century.
Martin Olsson
flabellum
(liturgical fan)
Liturgical fan (
flabellum
), gilt bronze, champlevé enamel, silver, semiprecious...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Cloisters Collection, 1947 (47.101.32)
fan with a map of Chinese provinces
Fan with a map depicting the provinces of China and nearby regions, 1890.
Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress,Washington, D.C. (Digital ID g7821f ct001902)
Vernis Martin fan
Vernis Martin fan with mother-of-pearl guards, French, early 18th century; in the...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, A.C. Cooper Ltd.
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