Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1644-1911
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Diameter: 24.50 centimetres Height: 40.50 centimetres (album dim.) Length: 32 centimetres (album dim.)
Description:
Fan mounted as an album leaf of swallows and apricot blossomes. Painted in ink and colours on silk.
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![图片[1]-fan; album; painting BM-1973-0917-0.59.8-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Paintings/mid_00241220_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-fan; album; painting BM-1973-0917-0.59.8-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Paintings/mid_00254645_001.jpg)
Comments:Swallows are traditionally seen as symbols of spring. The word for swallow also creates a pun for ‘banquet’. This pun comes into use because those who were successful at the examinations that entered them into a prestigious career as a government official were celebrated at a spring banquet under apricot blossoms. Career success is the meaning of this image.
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Diameter: 24.50 centimetres Height: 40.50 centimetres (album dim.) Length: 32 centimetres (album dim.)
Description:
Fan mounted as an album leaf of swallows and apricot blossomes. Painted in ink and colours on silk.
IMG
Comments:Swallows are traditionally seen as symbols of spring. The word for swallow also creates a pun for ‘banquet’. This pun comes into use because those who were successful at the examinations that entered them into a prestigious career as a government official were celebrated at a spring banquet under apricot blossoms. Career success is the meaning of this image.
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