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Tea Drinking Scene: M.241-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Tea Drinking Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Folding fan.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on pierced and fretted ivory sticks, and carved and pierced ivory guards with red backing paper

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 408

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1750

Components of the work

Leaf, Backing composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of ivory
Guards
Leaf
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.241-2015
Primary reference Number: 204801
Sale number: 408
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 28 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea Drinking Scene" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/204801 Accessed: 2024-11-05 04:17:06

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