Folding fan with bamboo frame carved with spider and bamboos

Jin Xiya Chinese

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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. This work is also a rare example from a late stage of Jin’s art career.

According to the archival list of Jin’s works (fan frame #377), the bamboo carving was completed on June 5, 1960 and took him twelve days.

Folding fan with bamboo frame carved with spider and bamboos, Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979), Folding fan with plain paper; carved bamboo frame, China

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Folding fan with bamboo frame carved with spider and bamboos, Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979), Folding fan with plain paper; carved bamboo frame, China
Folding fan with bamboo frame carved with spider and bamboos, Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979), Folding fan with plain paper; carved bamboo frame, China
Folding fan with bamboo frame carved with spider and bamboos, Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979), Folding fan with plain paper; carved bamboo frame, China
Folding fan with bamboo frame carved with spider and bamboos, Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979), Folding fan with plain paper; carved bamboo frame, China

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