IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118435
accession number:	O.27-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 7 June 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Applied mounts decorated with (in ascending order): 1) lattice pattern, 2) Squirrel on vine, 3) Fan shape with pavilion and pagoda, 4) Scrolling with monster masks, 5) ruyi with scrolling.  Pins in the form of prunus flowers.  Stick:  blond hardwood, with turned ivory.  Applied mounts: (1-3) single piece of ivory carved and pierced. 5) Pressed horn.  Centre stick: front' including mount (4), ivory, carved with traces of blue pigment; reverse: stripy grained hardwood.  Pins: silver (tarnished). Rim: cane, covered in brown ochre fabric.  Face: palm leaves, varnished (frayed and broken). Inscribed in ink in Chinese characters on the reverse: San ide er go chi (no. 2 of the three virtues).
title:	screen fan

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


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Messel-Rosse Collection
creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118435

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1801 - 1830
creation date earliest:	1801
creation date latest:	1830
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 31.6



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Fans from the Fitzwilliam, The Messel-Rosse Collection