IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117990 accession number: M.406-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan of double paper, printed and painted in colours. A Chinese woman is holding a fan, seated beside a table, with a Chinese man standing to the right of her. With rocks and shrubs to the left, while to the right are shells and a butterfly. Ivory sticks and guards. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117990 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne TECHNIQUES ---------- painting TECHNIQUES ---------- printing CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1799 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown