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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
brisé fan |
School/Style | |
Description | Chinese feather brisé fan. Goose (?) feather fan with ivory sticks and guards. The front is painted with blue peonies and pheasants, the reverse, less detailed blue peonies (?). The tops of the lower sticks (gorge) and guards are decorated with a gilt relief. Metal rivet (?). |
Production Notes | Cantonese, for the export maket |
Production Place | Canton (maker) (place) China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 21.6
cm |
Period | 1st quarter 19th century |
Date | circa 1815 to 1825 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92)Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
Documentation |
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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.397-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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