Artist: Jin Xiya
Date: 1923
Size: 32 x 43 cm
Technique: Carved
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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