Fan (Chauri) Handle and Finial

Medium

Ivory with engraved and painted design

Dimensions

Overall (handle): 19 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (49 x 5.5 x 3 cm) Overall (finial): 3 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (8.6 x 4 cm)

Classification

Ivories

Culture & Period

Sri Lanka (Kandy district) · Kandyan period (1480–1815)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Barry Fernando, M.D. and Coleene Fernando, M.D., 2010

Accession Number

2010.475.9a, b