Carved fan, grapevines and calligraphy

Bamboo frame carving by Jin Xiya Chinese

Painting by Jin Cheng Chinese

Calligrapher Calligraphy by Chen Baochen Chinese

1924

Not on view

In addition to demonstrating the talent of bamboo carver Jin Xiya, this object features painting and calligraphy by important contemporary artists. Jin Xiya’s older brother Jin Cheng, a senior figure in Beijing painting and collecting circles, painted the grapevines. The calligraphy on the back of the fan is by Chen Baochen, a loyalist government official who continued to serve the last emperor even after the fall of the imperial Qing dynasty. Jin Xiya further embellished the fan with two poems by Wu Changshuo (1844–1927)—doyen of the Shanghai art scene—which he carved on its outer ribs.

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現代　金西厓刻扇骨，金城繪葡萄，陳寳琛小楷書　成扇
Title: Carved fan, grapevines and calligraphy
Artist: Bamboo frame carving by Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979)
Artist: Painting by Jin Cheng (Chinese, 1878–1926)
Calligrapher: Calligraphy by Chen Baochen (Chinese, 1848–1935)
Date: 1924
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan; ink and color on paper with carved bamboo frame
Dimensions: 13 × 18 in. (33 × 45.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, 2020
Object Number: 2020.338
Rights and Reproduction: © Jin Xiya
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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