National Museum of Asian Art
Decorated Fans
early 17th century
Folding screens mounted with scattered fans, each painted on a piece of separate paper, were popular in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and their production continued into modern times. These screens were appreciated for displaying together a variety of small paintings in an attractive arrangement to suggest the image of fans floating through the air or on water.
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