Round fan painting with wave, pine, rock

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.:	5604
Type:	painting; fan
Artist/Maker:	Unknown Master
Date of production:	15th–16th centuries Ming dynasty
Place of production:	China

Materials:	silk
Techniques:	ink
Dimensions:	width: 33.6 cm length: 38 cm

Fan paintings are the painted decorations on fans practical in the heat of the Far East for cooling. The genre itself appeared in China in the Song period. The circular fan painting hints at the event of refreshment: a steep shore with rocks is seen with an old pine tree. See inv. no.: 7944

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