Fan
1885 (made)
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A folding fan, paper on light-coloured bamboo guards and sticks. The guards lightly incised with figure scenes and calligraphy, the fourteen sticks left plain. The leaf is of paper heavily flecked with gold and backed with silk.
The leaf is decorated with a fifty-six character poetic inscription in running-hand xing shu followed by fourteen characters in li shu.
Following the inscription is a seal in red, the two characters Yi Yong in European-style cartouches surmounted by a European-style coronet. Beneath this is the signature ‘Jiegang’, the style of Zeng Jize (1839-1890). A paper label with the fan reads: “Written by the Chinese Ambassador at the Chinese Kiosk, Fisheries Exhibition”.
The leaf is decorated with a fifty-six character poetic inscription in running-hand xing shu followed by fourteen characters in li shu.
Following the inscription is a seal in red, the two characters Yi Yong in European-style cartouches surmounted by a European-style coronet. Beneath this is the signature ‘Jiegang’, the style of Zeng Jize (1839-1890). A paper label with the fan reads: “Written by the Chinese Ambassador at the Chinese Kiosk, Fisheries Exhibition”.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Paper on bamboo sticks |
| Brief description | Folding fan, paper on bamboo sticks, China, Qing dynasty, 1885 |
| Physical description | A folding fan, paper on light-coloured bamboo guards and sticks. The guards lightly incised with figure scenes and calligraphy, the fourteen sticks left plain. The leaf is of paper heavily flecked with gold and backed with silk. The leaf is decorated with a fifty-six character poetic inscription in running-hand xing shu followed by fourteen characters in li shu. Following the inscription is a seal in red, the two characters Yi Yong in European-style cartouches surmounted by a European-style coronet. Beneath this is the signature ‘Jiegang’, the style of Zeng Jize (1839-1890). A paper label with the fan reads: “Written by the Chinese Ambassador at the Chinese Kiosk, Fisheries Exhibition”. |
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| Credit line | Given by The Lady May Abel Smith |
| Object history | A full manuscript translation of the inscriptions, by Robert K Douglas of the British Museum, is contained in the Registered File number 1981/728. |
| Historical context | Zeng Jize was in England for negotiations in 1885. See biography in Arthur Hummel's ECCP (Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period) for further details on his career. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wilson, Verity. Chinese Dress, London: V&A Publications, 1986, page 76 image 68 |
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| Accession number | FE.33-1981 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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