Leaf
Unknown
Category
Costume
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
355 x 630 mm
Place of origin
Unknown
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814885
Summary
Paper leaf for fan: painted with female, from cloud scattering blossom. Leaf within a mount with five different Chinese characters.
Provenance
Bought by Lady Labouchere in Nanking in 1947. It belonged to the President of China for 1943 while Sir George and Lady Labouchere were in Sweden. Sir George had attended the Chinese Legation at that time where he had to bow to a portrait of the same president in a very tight and old Court Uniform.
Marks and inscriptions
Five Chinese characters.
Makers and roles
Unknown, costumier