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Maker/s | Tian Guojun (maker) |
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Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | Dedicated to juangyuan sanxiong (Third elder brother, winner of the national examination); with two artists seals of red; reverse with colophon signed by the artist, identifying the dedicatee as Fang Jenglin. Decorated, obverse with orchids in flower, reverse with colophon. Stick: wood, carved, pierced and lacquered in black. Rim: brocade. Face: obverse, painted in translucent greens and red, inscribed in ink and stamped in vermillion. Reverse: inscribed and stamped as above, both on mottled gold paper. |
Production Notes | Ribbed screen fan |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 41.2
cm |
Period | 19th century |
Date | 1869 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
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Accession Number | O.8-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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