Maker: Unknown
Screen fan, signed: Qingjia Chunhe with un-deciphered seal. Dedicated to Jiesan first elder brother in two colophons, dated shinmao, probably 1831. Colophons signed; right: ' Dongxu Jin Yong; left Juo (?) gan Fang Li, seals un-deciphered. Decorated, obverse: with Wang Xiji seated at a stone table, beginning to write, his attendant rubbing the ink, by a river bank, with geese; in the background, a crackle-glazed pot containing dwarf prunus and bamboo, on a rustic carved stand, reverse with two colophons in cartouches. Stick: dark hardwood with ivory finial. Rim: brocade covered. Face: silk, inscribed and painted in ink and wash.
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: 26.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
Production date:
probably
AD 1831
Face
composed of
wash
( painted)
silk
ink
Stick
composed of
ivory
hardwood
Guards
Height 40.2 cm
Accession number: O.58-1985
Primary reference Number: 118451
Old object number: 456
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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