Maker: Unknown
Decorated, obverse with a dragonfly, grasshopper and beetle with flowering reeds and unidentified blue and yellow flowering plant. Reverse: blank. Stick: veneered with mottled bamboo sheath, with ivory or bone finial. Rim: brocade covered. Face: silk, painted in 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: 26.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Face
composed of
watercolours
( translucent)
silk
Stick
composed of
bamboo
ivory
Guards
Height 39.7 cm
Accession number: O.67-1985
Primary reference Number: 118457
Old object number: 460
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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