One of Emperor Xuanzong's horses strains against a tethering post, nostrils flared and eyes rolling, its round body drawn in taut ink lines with light shading and no colour. Han Gan, who claimed the imperial stables were his teachers, made it around 750. The small picture was later mounted on a long scroll to hold the seals and comments of twelve centuries of owners.
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Among the seals and inscriptions crowding the paper are marks of the Southern Tang ruler Li Yu, the Song critic Mi Fu and the Qianlong Emperor.
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