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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | Stick: ivory carved in relief and pierced; knotted string of green silk bound in blue, with red and gold tassels, with sliding gilt paper-wrapped toggles. Rim: brocade covered. Face: polychrome silk embroidered on satin. Decorated with peacocks and jays (?) with pine, prunus and rocks, the stick formed as flowering prunus. |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Stick: ivory carved in relief and pierced; knotted string of green silk bound in blue, with red and gold tassels, with sliding gilt paper-wrapped toggles. Rim: brocade covered. Face: polychrome silk embroidered on satin. |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 39.9
cm |
Period | late 18th to early 19th century |
Date | after 1770 to 1830 |
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 |
Other Notes | |
Accession Number | O.29-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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