現代 金西厓刻扇骨、龐元濟繪薔薇、褚德彜節錄水經注 成扇|Carved fan, blossoming roses and excerpt from the Commentary on the Water Classic
Pang Laichen|Jin Xiya|Chu Deyi
1933 (bamboo carving); 1934 (fan calligraphy); 1935 (fan painting) · Folding fan; ink and color on paper with carved bamboo frame · Asian Art
This work captures a subtle sense of humor of Jin Xiya, the finest bamboo artist active in twentieth-century China. One of the outer ribs depicts a group of foods that ripen with the approach of summer. This subject, known as jianchun, literally, “a farewell meal to spring,” is a common literati theme. In addition to the normal seasonal vegetables and fruits of this season—bamboo shoots and cherries—the artist has inserted a pufferfish (hetun, fugu in Japanese). Consuming these fish can be lethal without professional preparation, but it is a famous delicacy in both China and Japan. The unconventional addition of this fish was undoubtedly intended as a playful surprise! Jin’s archive records that this folding fan was a gift to his teenage daughter, which may explain why such an amusing and personal design was selected. According to the archival list of Jin’s works (fan frame #191), the bamboo carving of spider and bamboo was completed on November 5, 1933, and the carving of spring foods was completed on December 21, 1933.
- Artist
- Pang Laichen|Jin Xiya|Chu Deyi
- Date
- 1933 (bamboo carving); 1934 (fan calligraphy); 1935 (fan painting)
- Medium
- Folding fan; ink and color on paper with carved bamboo frame
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, 2020
