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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
brisé fan |
Description | Ivory, pierced, carved, painted in bodycolour, silvered and gilt.(24+2) Cream kid ribbon. Steel rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Front: In the middle, a circular medallion painted with a European riverside landscape enclosed by an engraved gold frame with a silver suspension loop and bow at the top. The rest of the fan is pierced by fine longtitudinal striations and carved below the ribbon with two oval, two smaller circular and two lozenge-shaped medallions of Chinese scenes amid scrolling flowers and foliage. Above the ribbon there are small panels containing fruit, flowers, birds, butterflies and landscapes and figures. Reverse: In the middle, a painted arrangement of flowers within a blue wreath. Guards: Carved with buildings in a landscape. |
Production Notes | Chinese for the European market; possibly painted in Europe. |
Production Place | China (maker) (country) Chinese (make) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Ivory, pierced, carved, painted in gouache, silvered and gilt.(24+2) Cream kid ribbon. Steel rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 18.8
cm |
Period | mid 18th Century |
Date | circa 1750 |
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 | M.96-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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