Unknown
(Maker)
Signed with a dedication to Qify Daxiong (Great elder brother Qifu) Di Yuging (younger brother Yuging); seal stamped in vermillion: undeciphered. Decorated, obverse: Kingfisher on flowering lotus; reverse: three colophons. Stick: veneered with mottled bamboo with ivory or bone finial. Rim: covered in brocade. Face: obverse painted in translucent watercolours heightened with white; reverse inscribed in Chinese ink.
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: 27.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1985-01-28)
by
Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th/19th Century
After
1701
-
Before
1900
Stick
composed of
bone
( possibly)
ivory
( possibly)
bamboo
Face
composed of
watercolours
( translucent)
Guards
Height 39 cm
Accession number: O.9-1985
Primary reference Number: 118431
Old object number: 459
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Screen fan"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118431 Accessed: 2022-06-28 13:32:33
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