清/現代　于非闇　五爵圖　摺扇 |The Five Nobilities

Yu Feian

mid-20th century · Fan; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The artist called this painting The Five Nobilities, a play on the fact that the word for “sparrow” (que 雀) sounds like the word for “noble rank” (jue 爵). According to the artist’s inscription, he copied the composition after a painting attributed to the Song dynasty emperor Huizong (1082–1135).

Artist

Yu Feian

Date

mid-20th century

Medium

Fan; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986