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Comb with folding fan designs
Comb with folding fan designs

Comb with folding fan designs

Date18th-19th century
Object number56.262
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle, July 16, 2001 - Nov. 17, 2002. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Pattern Richness in Modern Japanese Textiles, Feb. 15, 2007 - July 6, 2008. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, Nov. 3, 2012 - Dec. 8, 2013. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Talents and Beauties: Art of Women in Japan, Nov. 4, 2017 - Jul. 15, 2018 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 190
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 1/2 x 3/16 x 4 3/8 in. (3.81 x 0.48 x 11.1cm)
MediumTortoise shell, gold, and lacquer
Comb
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 56.266
Tortoise Shell and Ivory Snuff Tray
Chinese
1760-1840
Object number: 33.1037
Chinese
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 33.1220
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1481
Breast Ornament (KapKap)
Melanesian
Object number: 57.20
French
second half of 19th century
Object number: 65.179
ca. 1875
Object number: 89.172
ca. 1875
Object number: 89.173
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Japanese
18th-early 19th century
Object number: 33.320
Comb
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 56.263
Comb
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 56.265