Maker:
Unknown; maker
Collection:
Messel-Rosse Collection
Category:
fans
Name:
brisé fan
Date:
circa 1790 — circa 1860
Period:
late 18th - first half 19th century
Description:
Ivory (?) brisé fan depicting 'scenes from Chinese life'; a central cartouche has the word 'souvenir' carved in the style of a monogram.
Production
Place:
China
Production
Place (legacy):
China, maker, country
Chinese, maker, nationality
Dimension(s):
length, guards, 18.9, 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 12/199; Messel-Rosse Collection
Documentation:
Irons, John Neville. 1982. Fans from Imperial China.Hong Kong: Kaiserreich Kunst Ltdp. 80-90
Ref: Illustrated examples and background history of this style of brisé fan.
Accession:
Object Number: M.101-1985
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 117686; input: 2004-12-07; modified: 2012-09-06)
Permanent
Identifier:
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