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Maker: Unknown
Dancer's folding fan, decorated, obverse with bamboo plants; reverse; with bat flying over a full moon. Guards: with cat's eye pattern (nekome) Guards: bamboo pierced and lacquered. Sticks: lacquered bamboo. Pin: ivory. Face: single layer of thick paper, painted in navy blue, gold and silver.
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
Length: 33.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century-19th Century#
After
1701
-
Before
1900
Face
composed of
paint
( navy blue, gold and silver)
paper
Sticks+guards
composed of
bamboo
( probably)
Pin
composed of
ivory
Guards
Accession number: O.48-1985
Primary reference Number: 118502
Old object number: 444
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: M.275-2015
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Accession Number: M.144-1985
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