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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | The stick: carved and pierced ivory, with paper-backed tortoiseshell clamp, one pin missing, dark blue knotted tassel bound in silver and silver gilt wire. The rim: cane, covered in blue brocade. Face: palm leaves, decorated with hot needles and sgraffito through blue paint. Decorated with a lakeside landscape, the reverse with inscriptions; the stick with figures amongst buildings. |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Screen fan decorated with a lakeside landscape, the reverse with inscriptions; the stick with figures amongst buildings. The stick: carved and pierced ivory, with paper-backed tortoiseshell clamp, one pin missing, dark blue knotted tassel bound in silver and silver gilt wire. The rim: cane, covered in blue brocade. Face: palm leaves, decorated with hot needles and sgraffito through blue paint. |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 41.3
cm |
Period | early 19th Century |
Date | after 1801 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.32-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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