This painting depicts eight horses about to bathe in a stream across the foreground. Six steeds take various poses alongside the water, including one rolling on his back. From the distance, a groom is seen riding the seventh stallion, leading the eight, along a winding path between rocks and trees. Every horse is individualized with different coat colors and patterns. A flock of black birds is over a tree to the upper left in which the distant mountains in light washes appear with the artist's inscription.
Accession Number
1974.02.005
Format
paintings; watercolors (paintings); drawings
Culture
Chinese (culture or style)
Genre
Animal art
Origin Information
China
Date
1722
Physical Description
1 hanging scroll ; image 60 3/8 x 26 3/4 in. (153 x 68 cm), scroll size, open: 110 3/8 x 35 1/16 in. (280 x 89.1 cm), Bottom rod: L. 38 3/4 in. (98.5 cm)
Note (Period)
Qing dynasty
Note (Medium/support)
Ink and colors on silk
Note (Inscriptions/signatures)
Upper left: Xi ting 西亭 (artist seal; intaglio in rectangular; the artist's inscription of seven lines; Yang Jin si yin 楊晉私印 (artist seal; intaglio in square); Zi he zhi yin 子鶴之印 (artist seal; relief in square). Lower right: Huai zhen du yuan 懷真獨遠 (art ist seal; relief in square); He dao ren shi nian qi shi you jiu 鶴道人是年七十有九 (artist seal; relief in square)
Note (Ownership)
Gift of Chi-Ch'ien Wang to the Art History Department
Note
The inscription by Yang Jin, dated the fourth month of 1722, states that the artist painted this work after a memory of having seen a painting of the same subject by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322). For more information, consult the curatorial file in Art Pro perties.