南宋 傳陳居中 胡騎春獵圖 團扇|Nomads hunting with falcons
early 13th century
Medium
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
9 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (24.1 × 27.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Song dynasty (960–1279)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.18.32
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the vibrant *Nomads Hunting with Falcons* (*Hu Qi Chun Lie Tu*), a Southern Song dynasty fan painting attributed to the court artist Chen Juzhong, dating to the early 13th century. Mounted as an album leaf, this intimate work on silk, measuring just 9½ × 10¾ inches, captures the thrill of spring falconry among nomadic horsemen—likely evoking the "Hu" peoples of the northern steppes. Chen Juzhong, renowned for his lively depictions of animals and hunts, brings these dynamic scenes to life with ink and subtle colors, a hallmark of Song refinement. Created during the Southern Song period ...