Chinese School

Chinese

Painted Folding Fan with Ivory Carved Fan Bones, 20th Century
ivory, paper, ink and colour

12 1/2 x 18 in, 31.8 x 45.7 cm

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PROVENANCE
Acquired by Wang Yiling (Wong Ngai-Ling) (1881 - c.1955), Beijing, Tianjin, Hankou, and Hong Kong, before 1950
By descent to the present Private Collection, Vancouver

Ink and colour on paper, mounted on ivory fan bones. The painting signed Yutian (Fan Xu, Late Qing Dyansty to Republican), dated yichou (1925), inscribed with poem and with one seal of the artist, “Yuruo.” With miniature carvings on the fan bones, with landscape on one and the full volume of the Classic of Filial Piety on the other. Signed Yu Shuo (1873-1957), dated yihai (1935), in Beijing. With the ‘Shulian ji’ fan studio marks “Zhe sheng Shulian ji zhi” and “ji pin wu ceng” in red, mounted in between the fan papers, presented under hard light on the two edges of the fan.

Born in 1881, Mr. Wang Yiling was a banker and director at the Kincheng Banking Corporation (Jincheng Yinhang) during the Republican Period (1911 - 1949). After returning from his studies in Japan, Mr. Wang held important positions at major cities including Beijing, Tianjin, and Hankou. During this time, he built an important collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy with the help of his close friends - many of whom were 20th century Chinese painting masters themselves - including Zhang Daqian and Chen Banding. Mr. Wang and his family later moved to Hong Kong where his art collection grew substantially in size and importance. After he passed away, his descendants in 1955 began emigrating to Brazil, Taiwan, and the United States, bringing with them their father's collection. Mr. Wang's son Wang Yixian (1918 - 1979), later lived and worked closely with Zhang Daqian during his time in the famous ‘Bade Garden’ (Bade yuan), Brazil.

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