清 胡遠 芍藥 扇面|Herbaceous Peony
Hu Yuan
Date unknown · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper · Asian Art
This peony fan shows the blending of literati and popular tastes in the period. Literati artists traditionally disdained a gold ground as vulgar, but Hu uses it to set off his image of the luscious peony, a flower with associations of wealth and seductive beauty.
- Artist
- Hu Yuan
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
