Calligraphy on Folding Fan / Shen Meisou
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.232
- Title
- Calligraphy on Folding Fan
- Artist
- Shen Meisou
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1919-1920
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Dimensions
- 33.9 cm x 48.3 cm (13 3/8 in. x 19 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- folding fan
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- calligraphy
- Physical Description
- Both Shen Meisou and Zhu Zumou had been scholar-official for the late Qing government. What Zhu Zumou inscribed is a colophon he wrote for his brother’s painting; Shen Meisou inscribed in standard script (Kaishu) on the other side of the fan two poems his friend had come across.
- Subject Matter
- This folding fan involves work of three artists. Shen Meisou(1850-1922) and Zhu Zumou (1857-1931) each inscribed on one side of the fan, and another artist who did not sign his full name designed and carved on the two cover bamboo ribs of the folding fan. The practice of carving on bamboo in China flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasty and carving on thin bamboo ribs of the fan was rare before Qing dynasty. The inscription on the bamboo also suggests that the carving is in the style of a famous Qing dynasty carver Yang Longshi (1781-1850). On one bamboo rib there is a design in the shape of Chinese scepter symbolizing good fortune and in the “handle” of the scepter there carved “You will be a high official”. The folding fan may be a commodity in the market sought after for gift giving or by people who wish themselves promoted.
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
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- writing (processes)
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 280 KB
- Record
- 1980/1.232
- Link to this Item
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"Calligraphy on Folding Fan; Shen Meisou." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-1.232/1980_1.232a.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
