Maker:
Unknown; maker
Collection:
Messel-Rosse Collection
Category:
fans
Name:
brisé fan
Other Name:
wedge-shaped brisé fan
Date:
circa 1710 — circa 1720
Period:
early 18th Century
Description:
Ivory sticks, pierced, painted in red, green, slate blue, brown, black, and gold. Guards: plain ivory painted in brown, red, green and gold, the head strengthened with tortoiseshell. (20+2) Gold stringing. Rivet of brass ?.
Front: The decoration is arranged in four horizontal bands. 1. Geometrical motifs, pierced and painted red, green and gold. 2. A European outdoor scene in which two servants bring a pig or tiger to a pipe-smoking gentleman seated beside a standing gentleman who is extending his arm towards another servant, who carries a stick. On both sides there is a long-tailed exotic bird among flowers and foliage. 3.Three oval panels reserved in a red band, the centre oval is painted with a crab and a fish, the others with stylized plants. 4. Foliage and flowers. The area below the shoulder is undecorated.
Reverse: The same design reversed.
Guards: Prunus sprays
Production
Place:
China
Production
Place (legacy):
China, maker, country
Chinese, maker, nationality
Production
Note:
Chinese for European market, possibly made in China and painted in Holland.
Technique(s):
piercing; sticks
painting; sticks+guards
strengthening; guards
stringing; sticks+guards
Material(s):
ivory; sticks+guards
paint; sticks+guards; red, green, slate blue, brown, black, gold
tortoise shell; guards
gold; stringing
brass (alloy); rivet; probably
Technique
Description:
Ivory sticks, pierced, painted in red, green, slate blue, brown, black, and gold. Guards plain ivory painted in brown, red, green and gold, the head strengthened with tortoiseshell. (20+2) Gold stringing. Rivet of brass ?.
Dimension(s):
length, guards, 25.6, cm
width
Acquisition:
bought; 1985-01-28; Anne, Countess of Rosse
Provenance:
Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Associated
Person(s):
Messel, Leonard; owner
Anne, Countess of Rosse; owner
Acquisition Credit:
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Alternative
Number:
old catalogue number; DR/12/172; Messel-Rosse Collection
Accession:
Object Number: M.85-1985
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 117671; input: 2004-12-07; modified: 2012-09-06)
Permanent
Identifier:
.jpg)
.jpg)
Click image for a full size display