Silk Fan Beauty -- Scholar's Collection Series

Author: Bao Mingxin
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Features: This book combines antiques and fashion. The folding fan is an artistic and craftwork with a long history in China, always closely associated with beautiful women in a metaphorical sense. This book discusses both the folding fan and the beautiful women linked to it—whether the ladies depicted on the fan or the women in life, poetry, prose, and painting who hold folding fans. In the section on the folding fan, apart from some historical research, it will still cover aspects such as the calligraphy and painting on the fan, as well as the frame, handle, embellishments, and storage cases. It will also focus on its aesthetic value, cultural heritage value, and market value. Thus, at first glance, the book may resemble those books in the market. However, when we delve into the chapters related to women of different dynasties, the content becomes even more diverse, un, and.