Rural Road scene
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, depicting a rural road scene.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on pierced and fretted bamboo sticks. The guards simply carved, with tortoise shell filet.
The bamboo sticks are possibly Chinese.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 360
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 1750
Leaf
composed of
paper
Guard Filt
composed of
tortoise shell
Sticks
composed of
bamboo
Guards
Accession number: M.205-2015
Primary reference Number: 204770
360
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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