Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, decorated, face: with solar disks; guards with scrolling dragons in clouds. Guards: steel, engraved and with silver inlay. Sticks: bamboo. Face: paper painted in red on decayed gold ground.
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: 32.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Gunsen (war fan) used for signalling in battle.
Face
composed of
paper
Sticks
composed of
bamboo
Guards
composed of
steel
Accession number: O.62-1985
Primary reference Number: 118515
Old object number: 431
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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