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Fan with Flowers and Butterflies

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fan with Flowers and Butterflies by an unknown artist. Green handheld fan with a brown handle. The fan has two rounded top edges that come to a point at the bottom. The fan is green with a gold trim. There are pink leaves on the left side and white flowers on the right. The leaves are on the left half and the flowers are on the right. There is a butterfly near the top left corner. The handle is brown with a decorative circle near the fan. The decorative circle is gold, blue, and red. The background of the image is white.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Fan: painted paper pasted to plain-weave silk on bamboo frame; tassels: knotted silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 612 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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