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Fan with goldfish
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Description
Liu Zhaojun is a contemporary female artist, born in Shanghai, but now working in Hong Kong as a professional art teacher. In her seal on this fan she has named herself Yuan, which shows her admiration for the 20th-century master Zhang Daqian (1899-1983). The inscribed characters read ‘the dancing of phoenix’, which compare the elegant movement of goldfish in water to that of phoenix in the sky. In addition to the painting, the fine decoration on the wooden frame is a notable demonstration of skilful craftsmanship.
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Details
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- Date
- 2000 - 2007
- Artist/maker
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Liu Zhaojun (born 1944) (artist)Liu Zhaojun (born 1944) (calligrapher)
- Material and technique
- ink on gold-flecked paper; bamboo sticks, with incised decoration
- Dimensions
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open 30 x 46 x 1.9 cm (height x width x depth)
folded 30.1 x 2 x 2.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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processed material › metal › gold,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented in honour of the 75th birthday of Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 2007.
- Accession no.
- EA2007.236
Glossary
phoenix
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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Unfolding Nature: Images of Summer on Chinese and Japanese Fans
(from 10th Jul until 7th Oct 2012)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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