fan; painting BM-1993-1225-0.10

Period:Unknown Production date:1913
Materials:paper, silk,
Technique:painted
Subjects:landscape
Dimensions:Diameter: 22 centimetres (image) Diameter: 22.20 centimetres (mount) Height: 34.70 centimetres (mount)

Description:
Round fan. Ink on silk. Dated. Landscape with seal-script calligraphy on the reverse
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Comments:Jin Cheng mentions in his inscription having painted the landscape in the style of the scholar-official Dai Xi (1801-60) who was known for his talent in copying earlier masters The calligraphy in an archaic seal script style (zhuanshu) cites a text by the scholar Lu Ji (261-303). The text associates the principles of nature and the elements of the universe with the principles of conduct for a ruler and his minsters. Jin Cheng dedicates the fan to the painter and collector Yan Shiqing (1873-1929), a member of the Chinese Painting Research Society.