suehiro ogi
Translated as: wide-ended folding fan
Maker: Unknown
Wide-ended folding fan (suehiro ogi) with paper leaf and bamboo sticks and guards (12+2). The obverse is decorated in red and silver a in the centre is a large, triple jewel 'mon'. The sticks and guards are of lacquered bamboo with red silk tassels (one of which is missing).
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
Height: 29.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
Circa
1801
-
Circa
1900
Sticks+guards
composed of
bamboo
( lacquered)
Tassels
composed of
silk
( red)
Leaf
composed of
paper
painted
Accession number: O.72-1985
Primary reference Number: 125159
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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