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Brisé fan: M.385-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Mother-of-pearl, etched and carved (21+2). White silk ribbon. Rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Gilt metal loop.
Front and Reverse: Engraved with Chinese genre scenes
and a floral border running up the left side, under the ribbon and down the right side.
Guards: Carved on the front with a dragon and a dog of fo, the back engraved with figures in landscape.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1820 - Circa 1830

Note

Chinese for European market

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Loop composed of metal ( gilt)
Ribbon composed of silk ( white)
Sticks+guards+rivet composed of mother-of-pearl
Guards Length 18.9 cm
Sticks+guards

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.385-1985
Primary reference Number: 117969
Old catalogue number: DR 16/226
Old object number: 322
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 November 2021 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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