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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1750 - circa 1760; Classification(s): fans, folding fan, painting, Double leaf of paper, painted in bodycolour (pink, dark pink, pale blue, greyish-blue, shades of brown, grey, black and white) and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, fretted, carved, painted and gilt ivory (10+2), the piercing of the guards backed with blue silk, and the head strengthened with tortoiseshell. Rivet set with clear pastes.; 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.137-1985]
Description: Double leaf of paper, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, fretted, carved, painted and gilt ivory (10+2), the piercing of the guards backed with blue silk, and the head strengthened with tortoiseshell.
Rivet set with clear pastes. Front: On the left, a butterfly hovers over a rock and a flowering tree, towards which is walking a chinaman carrying two buckets on a yoke. On the right, a butterfly hovers over two Chinamen seated beside a fence, separated from the walking man by a bare tree.
Reverse: An asymmetrically placed spray with two cherries. Sticks: A split design comprising an oval cartouche containing two putti and a black swan, surmounted by a Chinaman, to the right of which is a seated Chinaman holding a violin. At top right and left, an oval cartouche containing a glass and bottle. All separated by columns twined with flowers. Guards (both the same): On the upper part, a seated Chinaman with above, a putto and a circular cartouche containing a bottle, carrots and a wine glass, and below a vase of flowers; on the lower part, a spray of flowers with a parasol at the top. | 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 18th Century; start=1750; end=1760 | 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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