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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
School/Style | |
Description | Double paper leaf, decoupé by hand/stamped and painted in water colours. Sticks and guards of wood (11+2), pierced, painted, gilt and applied with flakes of abalone (?) shell, the guards strengthened at the head with ivory. Rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Front: A Chinese bird seller holding a cage containing two birds, accompanied by a Chinaman holding a furled parasol and a Chinese woman holding a screen fan. On each side there are trees, and plants in pots. Reverse: An asymmetrically placed flowering tree on a brown ground. Sticks: Sparcely decorated with a split design of sprays of flowers, bowls, a bird, a butterfly, a swan and a chinaman in a boat. Guards: Pierced motifs and painted flowers. |
Production Place | Italy (maker) (country) () Italian (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Folding Fan. Double paper leaf, decoupe by hand/stamped and painted in water colours. Sticks and guards of wood (11+2), pierced, painted, gilt and applied with flakes of abalone (?) shell, the guards strengthened at the head with ivory. Rivet with mother-of-pearl washers |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 29.0
cm |
Period | 1st half 18th century |
Date | after 1720 to 1740 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.140-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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