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Landscape Scene: M.417-2015

Object information

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Titles

Landscape Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Folding fan with a landscape scene. A boy fishes in a river, while in the centre two couples and a family group play musical instruments, or listen to the river on the right.
Silk leaf with a colour printed stipple. On bone sticks with mirrored spangles, and bone guards with silver inlay and mirrored spangles.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 315

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 1795

Components of the work

Sticks, Guards composed of spangles bone
Leaf composed of silk
Guards composed of silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.417-2015
Primary reference Number: 204989
Sale number: 315
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Monday 3 August 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

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