Tea Drinking Scene
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on pierced and fretted ivory sticks, and carved and pierced ivory guards with red backing paper
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 408
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, Backing
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Leaf
Sticks
Accession number: M.241-2015
Primary reference Number: 204801
Sale number: 408
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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