Fan box

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Painted embossed paper-covered two-piece box.

Quatrefoil shaped cylindrical container with a small lid. The embossed paper has a design of strapwork and scrolls which is difficult to see. Parts of the design picked out in red the rest coloured dull brown.

The fan it now contains is not original to it.

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• Online ID: 000-100-101-283-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1996.358 C
• Date: 18th century
  c. 1760
  c. 1760
  
• Material: Ivory
  Ivory
  Fan / fan case
  Fan / fan case
  
• Dimensions: 10.50"
  10.50"
  
• What: Fan / fan case
  Fan / fan case
  
• Subject:
• Who: Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
  Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
  
• Where:
• Event:
• Description: Fan of pierced and painted ivory sticks, leaf painted with god and goddess in chariot in the clouds, the reverse with Chinese views, in a case, part of the Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection: c. 1760
  Fan of pierced and painted ivory sticks, leaf painted with god and goddess in chariot in the clouds, the reverse with Chinese views, in a case, part of the Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection: c. 1760
  
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