Modern Folding Fan Guards with Carved Painting by Lin Zhaolu

Born in Suzhou of China’s eastern Jiangsu province, Lin Zhaolu (1887-1966 AD), alias Jiehou, Mei’an, also called Genxiang Guanzhu, was known for achieving fine blade work and elegant style in bamboo carving while excelling in carving reproductions of inscriptions on ancient bronzeware, especially stoneware, and also good at copying bamboo slip or oracle bone inscriptions.