Brisé fan: M.381-1985

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Brisé fan
hu shan

Categories

Fans

Description

Wood sticks and guards with rounded ends, lacquered black and decorated in red, silver and two shades of gold lacquer. (21 originally 22 + 2). Brown silk ribbon. Brass ? rivet and washers.
Front: In a fan-shaped panel with paired leaf borders, a Chinese genre scene of men and women in a garden. Below the shoulder, there is a floral design and above the ribbon
a bird on each stick and the guards.
Back: Similar but a different genre scene in which two boats approach an island.
Guards: The fronts have a central area dotted in red.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1840

Note

Chinese for European market

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Sticks+guards composed of lacquer ( black, red, silver, gold) wood
Ribbon composed of silk ( brown)
Rivet+washers composed of brass (alloy) ( probably)
Guards Length 19.6 cm

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.381-1985
Primary reference Number: 117965
Old object number: 314
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 24 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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