Maker: Unknown
Applied mount with bat and foliage; shot with bats in the clouds. Stick: turned hardwood, inlaid with silver wire, with green-stained ivory trim. Applied bottom mount; polychrome silk embroidery on red silk with paint. Decorated with a butterfly, flowering prunus and bamboo. Centre stick is covered with brocade. Top mount: gilt? silver. Rim: iron-wire, round in black silk. Face: polychrome Kesi.
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: 32.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century-19th Century, Early#
After
1701
-
Before
1830
Kesi tapestry
Face
composed of
silk
paint
Rim
composed of
iron wire
Stick
composed of
silverwire
ivory
hardwood
Guards
Length 47.1 cm
Trim
Accession number: O.26-1985
Primary reference Number: 118434
Old object number: 415
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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