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Subject:Painted Fan
Posted By: Jessica T. Mon, May 16, 2016 IP: 199.59.106.195 This is a moldering old fan which seems to have been attached to some kind of backing. Sorry about the glare. The paint is missing in several areas and the paper looks quite old. It is signed. I was just wondering if it was older (like before the 20th C). I have taken a close up of the signature. Thanks. |
Subject:Re: Painted Fan
Posted By: Bill H Tue, May 17, 2016 Wouldn't want to get in fromt of rat on something like this, but the painting was done by a quite accomplished artist and may date to around the mid-19th century in my opinion. Its four-character inscription in black is almost on its left side. When righted, it looks like it probably reads down as 汝言粱壬 (ru yan liang ren), though I might be wrong about 粱 (liang). This has at least a couple of possibilities for translation. One is "Your words are as grand as choice foods", but 壬 (ren) can also lend the meaning of "deceptive" or "artful". |
Subject:Re: Painted Fan
Posted By: Jessica T. Wed, May 18, 2016 Thank you, Bill. Do you think the red characters are the artist's signature? The second one looked very distinctive to me, though I'm no expert. |
Subject:Re: Painted Fan
Posted By: rat Wed, May 18, 2016 Agree with Bill H., it's a decent quality genre scene, likely 19th century and painted by a professional painter. In trying to make sense of the inscription I found an article (link below) I haven't had the chance to look at carefully on a painter named 龍汝言 who was active in the mid-19th century. At the moment I am not confident that this artist and your picture are related, it's just a potential connection for investigation. |
Subject:Re: Painted Fan
Posted By: Jessica T. Thu, May 19, 2016 Thank you, Rat for all of the information. Unfortunately, I don't read Chinese so that part I don't understand. I have taken another picture of the red seals area, hoping that it will display more clearly and that you may be able to decipher it. It is an interesting picture. When I used my magnifying glass to see if there were any Chinese characters I'd missed, I started noticing all sorts of little details, animals, flowers, food, which were simply fascinating to me. Thank you once again for your help with this. |
Subject:Re: Painted Fan
Posted By: Bill H Thu, May 19, 2016 You may be right on that name of 梁玉 (Liang Yu), rat. I could have been looking at what might be part of the painting and not a brush stroke. New spectacles have been ordered. |
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