Maker: Unknown
Double leaf of paper (or chicken skin?), both sides painted in bodycolour on a gold background; gold binding on upper edge. Sticks of ivory, pierced, painted and gilt on the front and pique with gold on the back. Chinoiserie design
Double leaf of paper (or chicken skin?), both sides painted in bodycolour on a gold background; gold binding on upper edge. Sticks of ivory, pierced, painted and gilt on the front and pique with gold on the back. Guards of ivory, pierced, painted crimson and decorated with gold pique point. (18+2)
Rivet with two mother-of-pearl washers.
Front: A mounted man shooting with a bow and arrow at a bird, and standing man holding a hawk on his right wrist, accompanied by a hound; to the left there are rocks and flowering trees with a butterfly above, and to the right banana leaves, and a tree which curves over the heads of the figures.
Reverse: A man waving a large sword at a butterfly.
Sticks: Four cartouches decorated alternately with flowers on a plain ground and a Chinese figure reserved in a crimson ground, above, alternating lions and pigs, separated by plants with red flowers.
Guards: Formal plant and geometric design in white, outlined in gold pique point and reserved in the crimson ground.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter 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
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1710
CE
-
Circa
1720
CE
A very early example in chinoiserie.
Leaf
composed of
bodycolour
Width 41.5 cm
Washers
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Sticks And Guards
composed of
ivory
Stick And Guards
composed of
gouache
Guards
Length 25.8 cm
Accession number: M.134-1985
Primary reference Number: 117719
Old catalogue number: DR 31/252
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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