Black and gold paper fan bearing an inscription of 1930 and the Imperial Seal of Xuantong (1909-1912).
One side of the fan contains two poems from the Han dynasty (207BCE-220CE): xing xing chong xing xing & bu chu cheng dong men. Both poems are about departure and separation and were transcribed by the Emperor himself.
The other side of the fan depicts a golden image of a settlement.
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Transferred to SOAS Library from the Percival David Foundation in February 2009.
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The fan was presented to Johnston by Emperor Puyi on 15 September 1930 at Tienstin. Given to the Percival David Foundation by Mrs Elisabeth Sparsholt.
