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Landscape Scene: M.423-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Landscape Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Framed folding fan depicting a landscape scene, with courting couples and a river.
Paper leaf decorated with a hand coloured etching. On pierced and fretted ivory sticks, and carved and pierced ivory guards.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 953

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1760

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of ivory
Guards
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.423-2015
Primary reference Number: 204995
Sale maker: 953
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Audit data

Created: Monday 3 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Landscape Scene" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204995 Accessed: 2024-12-25 04:51:52

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