Lot 3042: Wu Xizai (1799-1870)

Two Folding Fans
The first of loquats, ink and color on paper, with a dedication, signed Rangzhi with one seal of the artist reading Xizai, reversed with calligraphy in running script dedicated to the same recipient, signed Rangzhi with two seals of the artist reading Rangzhi and Wu Xizai, the bamboo frame carved with a figural scene; the second fan ink on gold paper, a landscape in the style of Shen Zhou, dedicated to Zihong, and signed Xizai followed by one seal of the artist reading Rangzhi, reversed by calligraphy in running script, with a dedication to Zihong, dated wuwu (1858), the bamboo fan frame carved with inscriptions from bronze vessels.
21 5/8in (55cm), 21 1/2in (54cm)