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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1820 - circa 1840; Classification(s): fans, bris? fan, lacquering, Wood sticks and guards lacquered black, and decorated in red and two shades of gold lacquer (19+2). Red silk ribbon. Metal rivet.; 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.378-1985]
Description: Wood sticks and guards lacquered black, and decorated in red and two shades of gold lacquer (19+2). Red silk ribbon. Metal rivet.
Front and Reverse: In a fan-shaped panel, Chinese figures on a diapered background surrounded by a scrolled frame.
On the head, scrolls on a diapered background. Above the ribbon arched panels containing single figures of men and women in interior settings. In the centre of each side there is a plain black oval panel.
Guards: On the fronts a floral design in gold and red on a diapered ground; on the back a different floral design in gold on a diapered ground. | 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 Unknown bris? fan | Temporal: | name=2nd quarter 19th century; start=1820; end=1840 | 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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