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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1840 - circa 1850; Classification(s): fans, folding fan, painting, Double paper leaf, painted in bodycolour and appliqued with painted ivory and coloured silks. Shaped wood sticks and guards (14+2), lacquered red, brown, green, maroon and silver, with decoration in two shades of gold. Gilt metal loop with pale green silk cord and knot from which are suspended two white beads and two tassels, buff and maroon.; Acquisition: bought by Anne, Countess of Rosse, 1985-01-28, Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [M.364-1985]
Description: Double paper leaf, painted in bodycolour and appliqued with painted ivory and coloured silks. Shaped wood sticks and guards (14+2), lacquered red, brown, green, maroon and silver, with decoration in two shades of gold. Gilt metal loop with pale green silk cord and knot from which are suspended two white beads and two tassels, buff and maroon.
Front: Thirty Chinese men and women in indoor and outdoor settings. Their faces are of applied painted ivory and their clothes of silk. Border of fish, bats, Buddhist symbols and flowers on a blue ground.
Back: Main field as front, but different groups and settings. Border of fish, bats, Buddhist symbols and flowers on a silver ground.
Sticks and Guards: Sticks of alternating colours, the guards red, all painted with flowers and two figures; in addition the upper part of the guards has two figures by a building with flowers above. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | fans folding fan Unknown | Temporal: | name=mid 19th century; start=1840; end=1850 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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