Family greeting a Visitor
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, depicting a couple and their son, greeting their visitor who is riding a water buffalo. Chinoiserie style.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on carved bone sticks.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 264
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1740
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks
composed of
bone
Accession number: M.133-2015
Primary reference Number: 204698
Sale number: 264
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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