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Fan: E.96.1937

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Description

Fan handle, in the form of a bundle of lotuses, decorated with leaves, buds and flowers, with holes at the top for inserting feathers

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.25 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

New Kingdom
Circa -1550 BCE - Circa 1069 CE

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Materials used in production

Ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.96.1937
Primary reference Number: 53661
Oldadmincategory: W
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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