More Than Keeping Cool: Chinese Fans and Fan Painting by Ka Bo Tsang
square 8vo. pp. 300. profusely illustrated. bibliography. index. paperback (fine condition). [Toronto]: The Royal Ontario Museum, [2002].
Published in conjunction with an exhibition.
ISBN-10: 0888544391 / ISBN-13: 9780888544391
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This exquisitely beautiful volume showcases four centuries of Chinese fan paintings-dreamscapes of lilac, lotus, and wisteria, and sailboats in the mist. Author Tsang illuminates the auspicious symbolism that permeates every painting. 150+ colour photographs.