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Chūkei Fan with Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou (obverse) and Plum Tree and Young Pines (reverse), by Unknown, unspecified, 1849

Chūkei Fan with Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou (obverse) and Plum Tree and Young Pines (reverse)

Unknown

1849

unspecified

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dominant colour

Overview

Chūkei Fan with Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou (obverse) and Plum Tree and Young Pines (reverse) is a 1849 unspecified by Unknown, a Ukiyo-e work, depicting Hand Fan, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?
Unknown
When & what style?
1849 · Ukiyo-e
Where can I see it?
Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This image shows a hand fan with a colorful painting on it. The fan has a gold background with red, blue, and green accents. There are trees, buildings, and people in the painting. The fan is folded up, so you can only see one side of the painting. The people in the painting are wearing traditional Japanese clothing. The buildings look like they might be temples or palaces. If you want to learn more about fans like this one, you should look up the subject: hand fan.

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