Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Unfolding Nature: Images of Summer on Chinese and Japanese Fans

(from 10th Jul until 7th Oct 2012)

Enjoy the summery scenes on fan paintings from the Chinese and Japanese reserve collection.

Detail of Praying mantis, bee, and prunus blossom, by Chen Fen, China, 1881 (Museum No: EA1966.200)
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Insects

Japanese

Bees and flowering plants (EAX.5416) Bees and flowering plants (EAX.5416)   Crickets with bellflower and beach chrysanthemum (EAX.5406) Crickets with bellflower and beach chrysanthemum (EAX.5406)   Butterfly and fleabane (EAX.5427) Butterfly and fleabane (EAX.5427)
Butterflies (EAX.5387) Butterflies (EAX.5387)

Chinese

Praying mantis, bee, and prunus blossom (EA1966.200) Praying mantis, bee, and prunus blossom (EA1966.200)   Lily, rock, and dragonfly (EA1966.203) Lily, rock, and dragonfly (EA1966.203)   Rose and praying mantis (EA1966.202) Rose and praying mantis (EA1966.202)
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