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Screen fan: O.22-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Categories

Description

Screen advertising fan, decorated, obverse with bold calligraphy, reading Ueno/Kimura ie/Wakayone/Kosaku. (The young rice small-holding of the Kimura family in Ueno) .Reverse with paulownia device. Stick and ribs: split bamboo with mottled sheath on one side. Face: paper, printed from woodblocks in blue, brown and red.

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

Length: 41.6 cm
Width: 31.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
After 1801 - Before 1900

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Face composed of paper
Sticks+ribs composed of bamboo

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.22-1985
Primary reference Number: 118478
Old object number: 464
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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

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