Fan with scenes from the Vessantara Jataka in Burmese style

Details

• Title

  Fan with scenes from the Vessantara Jataka in Burmese style

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

  Asia › South-east Asia › Burma (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1880

• Material and technique

  watercolour, gouache and gold on paper; bamboo

• Object type

  clothing › personal accessory › fan;

  visual representation › painting

• Dimensions

  open fan 32 x 46 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs K. L. Ferrar, 1970.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1970.141.i

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