9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2182
 

2182

A 20th Century Chinese Paper Fan, mounted on interesting wooden sticks, Qing Dynasty, with an...

A 20th Century Chinese Paper Fan, mounted on interesting wooden sticks, Qing Dynasty, with an unusual carved ivory feature at the head, of perhaps the Chinese "Palm Fan" shape, or a sleeping bat (?), the cream leaf painted recto/verso with flowers and exotic birds, and featuring possibly a Chinese Poem. Artist's stamps. Guard length 12.5 inches 31.5cm

Purchased from an Antiques Fair in 1977.

Research in progress with regard to the text. Help from the Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou, China (via Tom de Leo, former FCI member) so far explains that two of the panels of text relate to an officer in the East Han dynasty, one panel refers to a war in the Western Zhou dynasty, and the other is a part of a Chinese poem of "Qian Zi Wen" which means 1000 characters text. The poem has 1000 characters and has been used to teach Chinese characters to children since the sixth century

Sold for £450
Estimated at £70 - £100


 

Gorge stick broken. Another detached but no evident damage to the leaf where it could be slid back inside?

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 9th Mar, 2019

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