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Folding fan: O.61-1985

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Folding fan, decorated, face: with solar and lunar disk; guards with floral roundels and seal-script in cartouches. Guards: steel with silver inlay. Sticks: bamboo. Face: heavy black paper painted with gold and silver.

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: 32.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century-19th Century#
After 1701 - Before 1850

Note

Gunsen (war fan)

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Face composed of paper
Sticks composed of bamboo
Guards composed of steel

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.61-1985
Primary reference Number: 118514
Old object number: 430
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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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