元 趙孟頫 趙雍 趙麟 吳興趙氏三世人馬圖 卷, Grooms and Horses, Zhao Mengfu, date 1296 and 1359

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元 趙孟頫 趙雍 趙麟 吳興趙氏三世人馬圖 卷, Grooms and Horses, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), date 1296 and 1359, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 11 7/8 x 70 1/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254–1322), Zhao Yong (Chinese, 1289–after 1360), Zhao Lin (Chinese, active second half of the 14th century), In the early Yuan period, when the ruling Mongols curtailed the employment of Chinese scholar-officials, the theme of the groom and horse-one associated with the legendary figure of Bole, whose ability to judge horses had become a metaphor for the recruitment of able government officials-became a symbolic plea for the proper use of scholarly talent

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