Maker: Unknown
Wooden brisé fan with black lacquered sticks and guards. The front shows a painted scene of musicians and spectators in traditional chinese dress. The reverse is decorated, in gold lacquer, with a repeating tortoiseshell motif, surrounding a central landscape scene: the scene shows a riverbank with a fisherman on one bank, watched by another figure on the opposite bank; behind them are several buildings, including a pagoda and a bridge across the river with a figure on the bridge.
The sticks and guards (22+2) are also decorated with repeating motifs, painted in gold lacquer. Red, silk ribbon and metal rivet.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92)
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
Production date:
circa
AD 1790
Cantonese, for the export market.
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( red)
Rivet
composed of
metal
Guards
Height 22.8 cm
Accession number: M.376-1985
Primary reference Number: 117960
Old catalogue number: DR 12/178
Old object number: 305
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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