Maker: Unknown
Wood sticks and guards with rounded ends, lacquered black and decorated in red, silver and two shades of gold lacquer. (21 originally 22 + 2). Brown silk ribbon. Brass ? rivet and washers.
Front: In a fan-shaped panel with paired leaf borders, a Chinese genre scene of men and women in a garden. Below the shoulder, there is a floral design and above the ribbon
a bird on each stick and the guards.
Back: Similar but a different genre scene in which two boats approach an island.
Guards: The fronts have a central area dotted in red.
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
Production date: circa AD 1840
Chinese for European market
Sticks+guards
composed of
lacquer
( black, red, silver, gold)
wood
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( brown)
Rivet+washers
composed of
brass (alloy)
( probably)
Guards
Length 19.6 cm
Accession number: M.381-1985
Primary reference Number: 117965
Old object number: 314
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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