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Lu Yanshao Chinese
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This painting depicts a gentleman holding a lingzhi fungus, a popular emblem of longevity. According to the inscription, the fan was created as a gift for the seventieth birthday of a Mr. Ruoyu.
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近代 陸儼少 採芝圖 扇面
Title: Searching for Fungus
Artist:
Lu Yanshao (Chinese, 1909–1993)
Date: dated 1963
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan; ink and color on alum paper
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (18.4 x 50.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Object Number: 1986.267.394
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