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Suehiro ogi: O.72-1985

Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)

Titles

suehiro ogi
Translated as: wide-ended folding fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Wide-ended folding fan (suehiro ogi) with paper leaf and bamboo sticks and guards (12+2). The obverse is decorated in red and silver a in the centre is a large, triple jewel 'mon'. The sticks and guards are of lacquered bamboo with red silk tassels (one of which is missing).

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

Height: 29.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1801 - Circa 1900

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Sticks+guards composed of bamboo ( lacquered)
Tassels composed of silk ( red)
Leaf composed of paper painted

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.72-1985
Primary reference Number: 125159

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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