清 佚名 夏花圖 扇|Summer Flowers
The Met
Artist: Unidentified artist
Date: 18th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Folding fan; ink and color on gold paper with bamboo frame inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory and jade
Dimensions: 16 5/8 x 29 1/4 in. (42.2 x 74.3 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A pleated gold folding fan painted with white and pink flowers, green leaves, and red accents
Detailed Description
The image displays an open folding fan, fanned into a wide semi-circular shape against a plain, light gray background. The fan's primary surface is a lustrous gold, exhibiting a pleated texture that creates a pattern of vertical stripes with varying light reflections. Adorning this gold ground is a detailed botanical painting. Clusters of large, multi-petaled flowers are visible, some rendered in soft white and others in delicate pink hues. These blossoms are interspersed with numerous green leaves of diverse forms, from broad, rounded shapes to more slender, pointed ones, all depicted with subtle tonal variations. Thin, dark lines representing branches or stems weave through the foliage. Additionally, smaller, bright red, star-shaped or abstract floral elements are scattered among the green and floral motifs. The lower section of the fan reveals its structural components: a series of thin, dark brown wooden ribs that fan out from a central pivot point. The two thicker, dark brown guard sticks on the outer edges are embellished with small, irregularly shaped, iridescent white inlays, likely mother-of-pearl. A small, round, light-colored bead or pin secures the pivot at the bottom center of the fan.
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