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Screen fan: O.65-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Painted with the Lan Ting Gathering in a mountain landscape; the reverse with a colophon. Stick: hardwood, with ivory finial. Rim: brocade covered. Face: silk, painted with Chinese ink and translucent and opaque watercolours; reverse: silk, gold spattered and inscribed in Chinese ink.

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: 26.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

18th Century-19th Century, Early#
After 1701 - Before 1830

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Face composed of watercolours ( translucent and opaque) silk Chinese ink
Stick composed of ivory hardwood
Guards Height 39.2 cm

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.65-1985
Primary reference Number: 118454
Old object number: 423
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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