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Handscroll painting on gold silk showing robed riders and horses in ink and color moving across the scene from left to right.

Celestial Horses, handscroll painting of riders and horses

On a gold-toned silk handscroll, several horses and robed riders move from left to right across the scene. Horses are rendered in ink and color with fine outlines, some dark and some pale, while figures in red, blue and white robes ride or walk among them.

Artist
Formerly attributed to Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254-1322)
Date
17th century
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
2141 × 1146 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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