IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117951
accession number:	M.367-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Double paper leaf in two parts, painted in water-colours, the front also appliqued with painted ivory and coloured silks.  Gold binding on upper edge.  Shaped sticks and guards of enamelled gilt filigree (18+2),the guards overlaid on the front by chased panels, gilt in two colours and also silvered.   (Metals to be determined)
Front: The upper leaf is painted with sixteen figures of Chinese men, women and children, in outdoor and indoor settings.  They have faces of applied painted ivory and clothes of silk.  The lower leaf is painted with foreign shipping in a strait or bay.
Back: The upper leaf is painted with foreign and Chinese shipping in a strait or bay.  The lower leaf has a white ground painted with two birds amid flowers and foliage.
Sticks:  Stylized floral sprays enamelled in green and blue on a gilt filigree ground.
Guards:  Similar to the guards, the panels on the front, chased with two figures, two trees and a spray of leaves in low relief.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953);  Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Messel-Rosse Collection
creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117951

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1840 - 1840
creation date earliest:	1840
creation date latest:	1840
culture:	19th Century, Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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Fans of Imperial China
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