Maker: Unknown
Double paper leaf, painted in bodycolour and appliqued with painted ivory and coloured silks. Shaped wood sticks and guards (14+2), lacquered red, brown, green, maroon and silver, with decoration in two shades of gold. Gilt metal loop with pale green silk cord and knot from which are suspended two white beads and two tassels, buff and maroon.
Front: Thirty Chinese men and women in indoor and outdoor settings. Their faces are of applied painted ivory and their clothes of silk. Border of fish, bats, Buddhist symbols and flowers on a blue ground.
Back: Main field as front, but different groups and settings. Border of fish, bats, Buddhist symbols and flowers on a silver ground.
Sticks and Guards: Sticks of alternating colours, the guards red, all painted with flowers and two figures; in addition the upper part of the guards has two figures by a building with flowers above.
History note: 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
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1840
-
Circa
1850
Chinese for European market
Appliqué
composed of
silk
( coloured)
ivory
( painted)
Leaf
composed of
bodycolour
Cord
composed of
silk
Lacquer
composed of
red, brown, green, maroon, silver
Sticks+guards
composed of
woods
Guards
Length 28.3 cm
Accession number: M.364-1985
Primary reference Number: 117948
Old object number: 300
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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