Fan, the leaf Chinese, of paper painted in watercolour with applied rice-paper, silk and straw, and ivory sticks with mother of pearl studs, France or England, 1800-1850
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800-1850
Fan of watercolour painted paper, with applied rice-paper, straw splints and pieces of ribbed silk. The front shows two Chinese figures (a woman and a boy?) in a landscape, one is seated between two trees and holds a pheasant perched on the figure's left arm.
Vases, baskets and the figures' garments are made up of different coloured ribbed silk. The tree-trunks are made of applied lengths of straw splints, varnished and painted to resemble bark. Ivory sticks and guards are carved with figures of animals and birds, latticework, and floral stems, some of the last growing from vases.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 29 cm length of guard; Width 49 cm; Length 29 cm closed; Width 2 cm closed; Depth 2.5 cm closed;
- Materials and techniques
- Watercolour painted paper fan with applied rice-paper, straw splints and ribbed silk, and ivory sticks
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- China; England; France
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O69680
- Museum object number
- T.139-1920
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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