Maker: Tian Guojun
Dedicated to juangyuan sanxiong (Third elder brother, winner of the national examination); with two artists seals of red; reverse with colophon signed by the artist, identifying the dedicatee as Fang Jenglin. Decorated, obverse with orchids in flower, reverse with colophon. Stick: wood, carved, pierced and lacquered in black. Rim: brocade. Face: obverse, painted in translucent greens and red, inscribed in ink and stamped in vermillion. Reverse: inscribed and stamped as above, both on mottled gold paper.
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
Width: 27 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1869
Ribbed screen fan
Face
composed of
colour printing
( green, red)
Stick
composed of
wood
Guards
Height 41.2 cm
Accession number: O.8-1985
Primary reference Number: 118424
Old object number: 463
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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