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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | Sticks: mottled whole bamboo, with white glass finial. Ribs: very thin cane. Face: silk, torn, painted in ink and translucent watercolours; the edge is lacquered in black. Decorated with a scene of conflict between mountain dwelling Buddhist Guardian figures and water spirits, with two human figures standing by the shore near an arch inscribed 'Jinshan' (Gold Mountain). The water spirits bearing a pennant inscrobed: 'Baiyunxian(?) (White Cloud spirit?). |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Sticks: mottled whole bamboo, with white glass finial. Ribs: very thin cane. Face: silk, torn, painted in ink and translucent watercolours; the edge is lacquered in black. |
Dimensions |
height: (guards): 44.4
cm |
Period | 19th century |
Date | after 1801 to 1900 |
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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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | O.35-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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