Gold weight in the form of a fan at The British Museum, London
Gold weight in the form of a fan at The British Museum, London
Published 2016-05-10T14:08:40+00:00
This lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, was made in the form of a fan (papa) with a flat coiled disc in the centre, surrounded by alternating small flat coiled discs and rectangular line decorated elements. The handle is casts with representations of binding at intervals along the shaft.
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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)
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Date published | 10/05/2016 |
Time to do | 18 - 32 minutes |
Material Quantity | 38 |
Dimensions | 100x80x20 |
Technology | FDM |
Title | Gold weight |
Dimension | Height, 5.5 cm Width, 3.8 cm, Depth, 0.5 cm, Weight, 13.32 g |
Accession | Af1963,06.21 |
Period | 18th Century - 20th Century |
Medium | Brass |
Credit | Collected by Hesketh Pearson, Donated by Miss Maud Denny, Acquired in 1963 |
Place | British Museum |