Chinese characters on Chinese fan

[lonny tao]

I bought myself a Chinese fan, one side is full with Chinese characters, maybe a poem or story.

I cannot read this but a picture of the whole text was not good possible.

The other side of the fan has pictures of four Chinese women and each women has two characters.

My question: what does the two characters mean by the women (number 1-4).

And what does the seal marks and the characters mean that are also on the fan (5 and 6)

Can anyone help me with this please.

 

[Jim]

The characters by the women are names of famous beauties from history, 西施, 贵妃, 邵君 and 貂蝉.

Then there's a date too and what I think is a signature using a style name though might have that wrong.

[lonny tao]

Thank you so much for this answer, with this, I know what the women mean.

And I found them already on the internet.

Now only a exact translation of picture 6 would be nice.

 

 

[Publius]

They are the Four Beauties of ancient China:

1. 昭君 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhaojun

2. 貂蟬 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaochan

3. 貴妃 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Guifei

4. 西施 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Shi

 

Pic #6 reads 弘治乙丑三月?花菴主人唐寅

弘治 is the era name of the reign (1488-1506) of the Hongzhi Emperor of the Ming dynasty

乙丑 is the second year of the Chinese sexagenary cycle; combined with Hongzhi, the year can be narrowed down to 1505

三月 is the third month of the lunar year, approximately April

 

唐寅 Tang Yin is the most famous painter/calligrapher/poet of the Ming dynasty

桃花庵主 is his art name

 

From the seals in pic #5, I can recognize 伯虎 which is Tang Yin's courtesy name, and 唐寅之印 meaning “Tang Yin's seal”

 

Of course, it's customary in this forum to point out, that just because it says so, doesn't mean it is so. Anyone can write anything on a Chinese fan.

[lonny tao]

Looking further on the internet, I see websites with four beauties fan for sale.

Almost the same fan as mine, pictures exact the same, only another tekst on the back.

So this fan is not old but I like it, that was afcourse the reason why I bought it.

And now I know what it means too, thanks for the information.