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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
Description | Folding fan, decorated with a dragon in clouds on the guards and the face. Guards: iron, engraved, chased and inlaid and overlaid with gold and silver. Sticks: bamboo. Face: obverse, ink and ink-wash on white paper; reverse: tough blue-green paper. |
Production Place | Japan (maker) (country) Japanese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Guards: iron, engraved, chased and inlaid and overlaid with gold and silver. Sticks: bamboo. Face: obverse, ink and ink-wash on white paper; reverse: tough blue-green paper. |
Dimensions |
length: (whole): 31.6
cm |
Period | 18th/19th Century |
Date | after 1701 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 | |
Accession Number | O.59-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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