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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
Description | Folding fan, decorated, face: with cuckoos passing the moon; guards with scrolls and diapers. Guards: steel overlaid with silver. Sticks: copper. Face: heavy black paper painted in polychrome opaque watercolours with silver and gold. |
Production Place | Japan (maker) (country) Japanese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Guards: steel overlaid with silver. Sticks: copper. Face: heavy black paper painted in polychrome opaque watercolours with silver and gold. |
Dimensions |
length: 28.9
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 |
Other Notes | The Japanese cuckoo has a different song to the Western variety and is onomatopoeically named 'hototogisu'. Its appearance late in the 5th month is associated with rice-sowing, and its nocturnal call with unrequited love. |
Accession Number | O.42-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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