Batavia

The Fan Museum
London, United Kingdom

Fan with ivory sticks. The double paper leaf is painted on the recto with a view of the Cape of Good Hope with Table Mountain seen in the distance. The verso is painted with a view of shipping off the coast of Batavia, capital city of the Dutch East Indies (modern day Jakarta).

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Title: Batavia
Date Created: Late Seventeenth Century
Location: The Netherlands
Physical Dimensions: 27 cm
Type: Fan
Medium: Ivory, paint, paper

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