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GUSN-39132
Black lacquered handle and pochet painted with gold flowers and vine; inner edge of pochet carved; round rigid leaf; net with bamboo strips; embroidered with flower and butterly in blue, gold, pink and green; blue cord through handle with white and blue tassel.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
embroidering
lacquering
net (textile)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
vines
Net
Bamboo
Silk
Lacquered
Painted
Embroidered
Butterfly
Vine
FAN
Unknown
Estate of Miss Mary Lee Ware
1937.579
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