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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | The stick: ivory carved and partly stained orange/pink; bottom mount, front: painted ivory openwork on silk; back: polychrome silks embroidered on silk. Centre stick: brocade covered; top mount; corroded low quality silver. Rim: rusted iron wire, covered in blue cloth. Face: silk with polychrome silk embroidery. Decorated with a stork and a fruiting peach tree; the applied mount with bird and pinks (?); the stick with scrolling grotesques. |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | The stick: ivory carved and partly stained orange/pink; bottom mount, front: painted ivory openwork on silk; back: polychrome silks embroidered on silk. Centre stick: brocade covered; top mount; corroded low quality silver. Rim: rusted iron wire, covered in blue cloth. Face: silk with polychrome silk embroidery. |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 46.4
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.30-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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