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Screen fan: O.5-1985

Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)

Maker(s)

Maker: Chen Yang

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Description

Screen fan inscribed with: 'Yun shan cang cang jiang shui jui jui xien sheng/ ji feng shan gao ming change/ Chen yan Kan' ('The misty mountains are cold and vast, rivers and streams are in flood. The gentleman's usual mountain haunts grow higher and clearer'. Carved by Chen Yang. Decorated with a full-length three-quarter view of a standing fisherman. Stick: dark hard wood carved and inset with bamboo skin. Face: bamboo skin, laminated, carved in low relief and incised.

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

Measurements and weight

Width: 19.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
After 1701 - Before 1800

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Stick composed of hard wood ( dark)
Stick+face composed of bamboo skin
Guards Height 39.7 cm
Face
Sticks

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Inscribed Yun shan cang cang jiang shui jui jui xien sheng/ji feng shan gao ming chang/Chen yan Kan
  • Location: Front, top left
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.5-1985
Primary reference Number: 118421
Old object number: 419

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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