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Maker/s	Unknown (maker)
Collection	Messel-Rosse Collection
Category	fans
Name	screen fan
Description	Screen fan, decorated, obverse: with sun and moon in clouds with Sanskrit characters; reverse: with Fudo Myo-o and his attendants Seitaka and Kongara riding on clouds, with Sanskrit characters. The handle: scrolling dragon. Stick: wood, covered in painted suede and iron, the top cap missing. Face: wood covered with iron, engraved, chased and overlaid in copper, brass and silver. Rim: iron. Cord and tassel.
Production Place	Japan (maker) (country) Japanese (maker) (nationality)
Technique Description	The handle: scrolling dragon. Stick: wood, covered in painted suede and iron, the top cap missing. Face: wood covered with iron, engraved, chased and overlaid in copper, brass and silver. Rim: iron. Cord and tassel.
Dimensions	length: (whole): 44.2 cm width: (whole): 19 cm
Period	17th Century
Date	after 1601 to 1800
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
Documentation	Armstrong, Nancy (1985) Fans from the Fitzwilliam. A Selection from the Messel-Rosse Collection, Cambridge (Cambs.): Fitzwilliam Museum Enterprises Ltd [comments: Ill. see n. 51.] Armstrong, Nancy (1974) A Collector's History of Fans, London: London Studio Vista [comments: Ill., see pl. 81.] Crommelin, Rosemary A Flutter of Fans, Source title: Holly Leaves (December 1963) [comments: Ill., see p.26, fig.25.] G.B. Hughes Fans, Exotic and Rare, London Source title: Country Life (28 March 1963) [comments: Ill., see p.252, fig.3. Dated to tthe 17th/18th century.] Hutt, Julia & Alexander, Helene (1992) Ogi, A History of the Japanese Fan, London: Dauphin Publishing Limited [page: 46] [comments: Ill., see p. 46, n. 8. Dated to the 17th century.]
Other Notes	This type of fan was originally used as a military signalling device, and is used by referees in sumo-wrestling matches.
Accession Number	O.12-1985 (Applied Arts) (Reference Number: 118466; Input Date: 2005-02-23 / Last Edit: 2011-05-04)

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