Painter: Wenjiao Shu qian
Painted with Wany Wei at ease, holding a feather fan with a gin in a bamboo grove, the reverse with two colophons. Stick and centre stick combined: bamboo, carved and incised. Rim: cane, covered in brocade. Face: silk painted in Chinese ink and translucent watercolours.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Width: 27.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1843
Face
composed of
watercolour
( translucent)
silk
Stick
composed of
bamboo
Guards
Height 40.2 cm
Accession number: O.21-1985
Primary reference Number: 118432
Old object number: 417
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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