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Watching the Bathing of a Horse in the Evening Cool

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Hua Yan, Watching the Bathing of a Horse in the Evening Cool
Photo Credit: 

Petegorsky/Gipe   

Not On View
Hua, Yan
Chinese (1682-1756)
Place made: 
Asia; China; possibly Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province) or Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province)
Watching the Bathing of a Horse in the Evening Cool, late 17th-early 18th century (Qing Dynasty)
Ink and colors on paper
Overall: 95 3/4 in x 36 5/16 in; 243.205 cm x 92.23375 cm; Mount: 95 3/4 in x 33 1/16 in; 243.205 cm x 83.97875 cm; Image: 66 in x 31 1/2 in; 167.64 cm x 80.01 cm
Purchase with the John Martyn Warbeke Art Fund
MH 1963.20.J.PI

The five-character title at the upper right is the
\tfirst half of a well-known couplet from a poem
\tby the T'ang poet Tu Fu:

\tIn the cool of the evening, watching the washing
\tof horses, among the trees of the forest, listening
\tto the song of cicadas.