Maker: Unknown
Stick: hardwood with ivory trim. Rim: iron wire covered with silk brocade. Centre stick:? bamboo covered with silk brocade. Face: cream silk gauze embroidered in polychrome silk, decorated with butterflies and flowering lotus; the stick carved with a fenghuang amongst foliage.
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: 30.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Face
composed of
silk thread
silk gauze
Stick
composed of
ivory
brocade
hardwood
Guards
Height 44.5 cm
Accession number: O.33-1985
Primary reference Number: 118442
Old object number: 409
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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