san-su-hwa-joeb-sun (Folding Fan)
About this object
History of use
Folding fans were used by members of the official “Yangban” class, and sometimes by women of other classes. Korean folding fans were very well-made, and were exported to China and Japan during the Koryo and Chosun Periods. Some had a large number of fine ribs.
Iconographic meaning
Physical description
A closing fan with twenty-seven inner ribs of split bamboo each with an abstract design burned on the base of each side and two parent ribs of bamboo also with burned designs while one end of each is set into a piece of dark rosewood through which is passed a brass rivet. Fan covered with light brown paper on one side and painted with a landscape scene and six characters. Upper edge is covered with very sticky cellophane tape.
Categories
Materials
Bamboo grass Paper Wood Metal Oil Round sesame seed Paint Rice paste adhesive
Date Made
Before 1935
Date Acquired
10 Jan 1977
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 28.7 cm x 47 cm x 3.8 cm
Object Number
Ed1.193