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Nomads hunting with falcons

Chen Juzhong

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting titled "Nomads hunting with falcons". The painting shows people on horseback and one person riding a horse with a falcon on their arm. The scene shows a group of people on horseback in the foreground. Most of the horses and riders are positioned on the left and center of the image, and there is one rider with a falcon on their arm in the center foreground on a small horse. There are mountains and sky in the background. The entire image is rendered in muted brown tones. The painting style appears traditional. The composition is rounded at the corners.

Artwork details

Date:
early 13th century
Medium:
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 542 px
Museum record:
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