China: 'A Horse and Groom in the Wind'. Handscroll painting by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), 13th century. Zhao Mengfu, courtesy name Ziang and pseudonyms Songxue ('Pine Snow'), Oubo ('Gull Waves') and Shuijing-gong Dao-ren ('Master of the Crystal Palace'), was a prince and descendant of the Song Dynasty's imperial family, and a Chinese scholar, painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty. He was recommended by the Censor-in-chief Cheng Jufu to pay an audience with Kublai Khan in 1286 at the Yuan capital of Dadu, but was not awarded an important position in office. His work was however, grea

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