Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin
Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin
Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin

photo: Masatsugu Nokubo

Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin
Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin
Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin

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Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin,

1789

Wu Lü 吳履, 1740–ca. 1801
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-777

Information

Title
Lady Holding a Fan, after Tang Yin
Dates

1789

Maker
Wu Lü 吳履
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 85.8 x 31.5 cm. (33 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.) Calligraphy: 109.3 x 45.3 cm. (43 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.) Mount: 233 x 63.1 cm. (91 3/4 x 24 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-777
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed: Xiushui Wu Lü
Inscription
Wu Lü (1740–1801?); signed, dated 1789, seal: "Wu Lü", square yang Gui Fu 桂馥 (1736–1805); signed, dated 1789, seal: "Donghui", square yang Cun [ ] 村 [ ]; signed, dated spring, xinhai year, seal: "[ ] lin", square half-yang, half-yin Qing Yuan 慶源 (possibly Nuomin 諾岷; Qing dynasty); signed, dated jiyou 己酉 year
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seal: "Wu Lü," square relief Seal: "Donghui" 冬卉 , square relief Seal: "[ ] lin" , square half-relief half-intaglio Seven characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
color, ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
figures (representations), fans (costume accessories), women

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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