Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Applied mounts decorated with (in ascending order): 1) lattice pattern, 2) Squirrel on vine, 3) Fan shape with pavilion and pagoda, 4) Scrolling with monster masks, 5) ruyi with scrolling. Pins in the form of prunus flowers. Stick: blond hardwood, with turned ivory. Applied mounts: (1-3) single piece of ivory carved and pierced. 5) Pressed horn. Centre stick: front' including mount (4), ivory, carved with traces of blue pigment; reverse: stripy grained hardwood. Pins: silver (tarnished). Rim: cane, covered in brown ochre fabric. Face: palm leaves, varnished (frayed and broken). Inscribed in ink in Chinese characters on the reverse: San ide er go chi (no. 2 of the three virtues).
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: 31.6 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1985-01-28)
by
Countess of Rosse, Anne
Dating
19th Century, Early#
After
1801
-
Before
1830
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Stick
composed of
hardwood
( blond+grained)
pressed horn
ivory
Face
composed of
palm leaves
Chinese ink
Guards
Height 48.9 cm
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: O.27-1985
Primary reference Number: 118435
Old object number: 416
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 7 June 2023
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
