Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Screen fan, signed: Qingjia Chunhe with un-deciphered seal. Dedicated to Jiesan first elder brother in two colophons, dated shinmao, probably 1831. Colophons signed; right: ' Dongxu Jin Yong; left Juo (?) gan Fang Li, seals un-deciphered. Decorated, obverse: with Wang Xiji seated at a stone table, beginning to write, his attendant rubbing the ink, by a river bank, with geese; in the background, a crackle-glazed pot containing dwarf prunus and bamboo, on a rustic carved stand, reverse with two colophons in cartouches. Stick: dark hardwood with ivory finial. Rim: brocade covered. Face: silk, inscribed and painted in ink and wash.
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
Measurements and weight
Width: 26.8 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1985-01-28)
by
Countess of Rosse, Anne
Dating
19th Century
Production date:
probably
AD 1831
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Face
composed of
wash
( painted)
silk
ink
Stick
composed of
ivory
hardwood
Guards
Height 40.2 cm
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: O.58-1985
Primary reference Number: 118451
Old object number: 456
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
