Chinoiserie Scene
Maker: Unknown
Chinoiserie folding fan. Depicting a man in a fishing boat, while to the left a mandarin holds a partially unrolled scroll. To the right a man is seated in a carriage drawn by two horses, the driver mounted on one of the horses.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on shaped Chinese export ivory sticks and guards, with painted and varnished decoration.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 975
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1740
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
varnish
paint
Sticks
composed of
ivory
Accession number: M.260-2015
Primary reference Number: 204827
Sale number: 975
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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