Carved fan, water pavilion by a pine bluff and calligraphy

Bamboo frame carving by Jin Xiya Chinese

Painting by Guo Lanxiang Chinese

Calligrapher Calligraphy by Chu Deyi Chinese

1923

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This folding fan features exquisite carvings on its outer ribs by Jin Xiya, the finest bamboo artist active in twentieth-century China. This work showcase Jin’s sophisticated skill in relief carving. His works incorporate compositions from designs contributed by important modern artists, such as Jin Cheng (1878–1926) on this piece. This fan is further embellished with painting and calligraphy by contemporary artists—shedding light on the dense web of social and artistic relationships among China’s elite during a time of wrenching change, when members of the scholarly elite sought to sustain inherited traditions in the face of a rapidly modernizing world.

According to the archival list of Jin’s works (fan frame #44), the bamboo carving was completed on May 25, 1923.

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現代　金西厓刻扇骨、郭蘭祥繪松榭僧音圖、褚德彜節錄水經注　成扇
Title: Carved fan, water pavilion by a pine bluff and calligraphy
Artist: Bamboo frame carving by Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979)
Artist: Painting by Guo Lanxiang (Chinese, 1865–1938)
Calligrapher: Calligraphy by Chu Deyi (Chinese, 1871–1942)
Date: 1923
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan; ink and color on paper with carved bamboo frame
Dimensions: 12 1/2 × 17 in. (31.8 × 43.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, 2020
Object Number: 2020.337
Rights and Reproduction: © Jin Xiya
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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