Fan Kuai Drinking from a Gigantic Wine Cup
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Fan Kuai Drinking from a Gigantic Wine Cup
1820 - 183019th
8.19 in. x 7.05 in. (20.8 cm x 17.9 cm)
Totoya Hokkei, (1780–1850)
User Text 1 This work is a surimono or privately commissioned print. This print shows the military general Fan Kuai, Hankai in Japanese (died 189 BCE), who saved his lord Liu Bang from an assassination plot at a banquet by impressing the host, Xiang Yu, with his bravado and capacity to hold alcohol. This historical figure was romanticized in the cultural imaginations of China and Japan throughout the ages.
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
Color woodcut
Credit Line:
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession Number:
1980.2306
Square surimono
Current Location:
Chazen : 265 : C : 14 : B : Sz1
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints, The Elvehjem Museum of Art , 10/7/1990 - 11/25/1990
- Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Elvehjem Museum of Art , 10/13/1999 - 6/30/2000
- Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection Chazen Museum of Art , 5/6/2016 - 8/14/2016
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 208 in. x 7.05 in. (528.32 cm x 17.9 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Bun You Associates. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces." Toky: Bun You Associates, 1999. . Bun You Associates. Tokyo, 1999
- Osumi, Takeshige ed. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces." Tokyo: Bun You Associates, 1999. . Bun You Associates. 1999
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