Mid Century Monumental Hand-Painted Fan

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A striking large-format decorative fan featuring a gold-leafed paper/silk panel hand-painted in the traditional East Asian bird-and-flower (huaniao) style. The … Read more A striking large-format decorative fan featuring a gold-leafed paper/silk panel hand-painted in the traditional East Asian bird-and-flower (huaniao) style. The design depicts a cluster of black bamboo stalks and leaves rendered in bold sumi-style brushwork, a pair of perched songbirds with soft blue-grey plumage and rust-red markings, a rocky garden accent, clusters of red berries, and sprays of white chrysanthemums with blue-green foliage.Bears an artist's cursive-script signature and red seal mark, artist unidentified in black ink on the left panel. The fan opens on dark-stained wood/bamboo ribs with a rich mahogany-toned guard stick, and closes to a compact folded form.

This is a traditional Chinese bird-and-flower (huaniao) composition featuring bamboo, a pair of songbirds, chrysanthemums, and a garden rock — a classic auspicious motif combining symbols of virtue, harmony, and longevity. See less