Vase
1945-1946 (made)
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Shen Fuwen, a native of Fuzhou, is the leading figure in 20th-century Chinese lacquer. In 1935 he studied lacquering under Matsuda Gonroku (1896-1986) in Tokyo. This vase reveals Shen's attempts to revitalise 20th-century Chinese decoration by drawing on the repertory of earlier dynasties. The body is of plain dark brown lacquer, with a slightly raised band of sandy-gold lacquer, on which is a hunting scene in archaistic style in black lacquer relief. The figures are in the style of bronze decoration associated with Tangshan, Hebei province, in the 5th century BC.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lacquer |
| Brief description | Vase of plain brown lacquer with a band of decoration of raised black lacquer, by Shen Fuwen, Shanghai, China (1946-1947). |
| Physical description | A vase, executed in dry lacquer technique without core, on a high flaring footrim, with a bulbous body and slightly everted plain mouth. The body is of plain dark brown lacquer, with a slightly raised band of sandy-gold lacquer, on which is a hunting scene in archaistic style in black lacquer relief. The figures are in the style of bronze decoration associated with Tangshan, Hebei province, ca.5th century BC. The interior is of plain burnt umber brown lacquer. |
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| Gallery label | VASE WITH HUNTING SCENE
About 1943, Shen Fuwen (1906-2000)
Lacquer on textile
Sichuan province
Given by Ms G.V. Pattinson
Museum no. FE.82-1977(28/03/2012) |
| Object history | Paper label on base: number 18 in Professor Shen Fuwen's Lacquerware Exhibition, valued at 30,000 yuan. Given to the donor's father, Air Marshall Sir Lawrence Pattinson, by Chiang Kai Shek in 1943. |
| Production | Artist: Shen Fuwen (1906- ) Biographical reference: Zhongguo yishujia cidian: xiandai di wu fence, pp.434-5. Shanghai, Shanghai, CHINA |
| Summary | Shen Fuwen, a native of Fuzhou, is the leading figure in 20th-century Chinese lacquer. In 1935 he studied lacquering under Matsuda Gonroku (1896-1986) in Tokyo. This vase reveals Shen's attempts to revitalise 20th-century Chinese decoration by drawing on the repertory of earlier dynasties. The body is of plain dark brown lacquer, with a slightly raised band of sandy-gold lacquer, on which is a hunting scene in archaistic style in black lacquer relief. The figures are in the style of bronze decoration associated with Tangshan, Hebei province, in the 5th century BC. |
| Bibliographic reference | Craig Clunas, 'High Craft or Tourist Art? Contemporary Chinese Lacquer', V & A Album (Autumn 1988)
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| Accession number | FE.82-1977 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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