Title
Fan cover
Year/Period
1940
Region
China, Guangzhou
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 35.0 cm (Approx.),
Object size: 34.2 x 4.4 cm
Object size: 34.2 x 4.4 cm
Accession No.
2021-01081-002
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Lina Wong Pui Yin in memory of her father Wong Ming Pak.
This fan cover made by the donor’s mother is part of a donation of five fans belonging to Wong Ming Pak. His grandson Tony Lee notes that he “received a traditional Chinese education and developed a fine appreciation of Chinese calligraphy. He was respected for his in-depth knowledge of customary practices and etiquette.”A sign of scholarly, learned disposition, the folding fan was a classic men’s fashion accessory in the gentry circle such that men were only considered properly dressed when seen with one. They were often personalised with paintings, poetry and calligraphy and exchanged as gifts among the literati as tokens of friendship. It was common for painters and calligraphers to compose their artwork collaboratively on the same fan.
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