Landscape and Harbour scene
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan. Depicting a landscape and harbour landscape scene, possibly Osaka. Paper leaf a woodcut, on bamboo sticks.
History note: From the collection of Martin Willcocks, formerly catalogued as Chinese, Harbour at Hangchou. Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 359
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
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1870
The print on this leaf is typically Chinese. However, the calligraphy is Japanese and the sticks are of a type normally found on Japanese fans. It is likely that the fan was made for the inauguration of the Koraibashi Bridge in Osaka in 1870, the second iron bridge to be built in Japan.
This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.
Leaf
composed of
wood
Sticks
composed of
bamboo
Accession number: M.204-2015
Primary reference Number: 204769
Sale number: 359
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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