Hunters on Horseback 獵騎圖
Item
Title
Hunters on Horseback 獵騎圖
Description
(none)
Source
https://asia.si.edu/object/F1909.160
Creator
Zhang Kan (attributed to) (傳) 張戡
annotates
Label slips: (2)
1. Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691)
Ink on paper; mounted on back of panel (outside label at time of acquisition)
1 column, running-standard script; no seals
張戡《獵騎圖》。蕉林眞賞。
Hunters on Horseback, by Zhang Kan. Truly appreciated by Jiaolin [Liang Qingbiao].
2. Yi Nianzeng 伊念曾 (1790–1861)1
Ink on paper; mounted on back of panel (originally mounted right side of painting?)
1 column, clerical script; plus two (2) columns, smaller standard script 北宋瓦橋張戡《
獵騎圖》。國初梁棠邨鑒藏，今在懷玉蕭素邨太守處。汀州伊念曾題。
Hunters on Horseback, by Zhang Kan from Waqiao [Hebei Province], of the Northern Song
dynasty. At the beginning of the [Qing] dynasty, Liang Tangcun [Liang Qingbiao] authenticated
and collected [the painting], and at present it belongs to Prefect Huaiyu Xiao Sucun [unidentifed].
Inscribed by Yi Nianzeng from Tingzhou [Fujian Province].
Signature: 伊念曾
Yi Nianzeng
Date: none
Seals: (2)
Nianzeng zengguan『念曾曾觀』(square intaglio)
Shaoyi『少沂』(square relief)
Colophons: (1) Bingchun 柄椿 (unidentified)
Ink on paper; mounted on back of panel (originally mounted on outside flap)
2 columns, standard script
元夏士良《圖繪寶鑑》卷三載 : 「北宋張戡，瓦橋人，工畫蕃馬，居近燕山，得蕃人形骨
之妙，盡戎衣鞍勒之精。」柄椿錄。
Chapter three in the Tuhui baojian by Xia Shiliang [Xia Wenyan, 14th century] of the Yuan
dynasty records: “Zhang Kan of the Northern Song dynasty was a native of Waqiao. He was
skilled at painting Central Asians [fan] and their horses, and as he lived near the Yan Mountains, he captured the subtleties of the Central Asian physique as well as all the fine details of their
military dress and horse trappings.”2 Recorded by Bingchun (unidentified).
Signature: 柄椿
Bingchun
Date: none
Seals: none
1. Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691)
Ink on paper; mounted on back of panel (outside label at time of acquisition)
1 column, running-standard script; no seals
張戡《獵騎圖》。蕉林眞賞。
Hunters on Horseback, by Zhang Kan. Truly appreciated by Jiaolin [Liang Qingbiao].
2. Yi Nianzeng 伊念曾 (1790–1861)1
Ink on paper; mounted on back of panel (originally mounted right side of painting?)
1 column, clerical script; plus two (2) columns, smaller standard script 北宋瓦橋張戡《
獵騎圖》。國初梁棠邨鑒藏，今在懷玉蕭素邨太守處。汀州伊念曾題。
Hunters on Horseback, by Zhang Kan from Waqiao [Hebei Province], of the Northern Song
dynasty. At the beginning of the [Qing] dynasty, Liang Tangcun [Liang Qingbiao] authenticated
and collected [the painting], and at present it belongs to Prefect Huaiyu Xiao Sucun [unidentifed].
Inscribed by Yi Nianzeng from Tingzhou [Fujian Province].
Signature: 伊念曾
Yi Nianzeng
Date: none
Seals: (2)
Nianzeng zengguan『念曾曾觀』(square intaglio)
Shaoyi『少沂』(square relief)
Colophons: (1) Bingchun 柄椿 (unidentified)
Ink on paper; mounted on back of panel (originally mounted on outside flap)
2 columns, standard script
元夏士良《圖繪寶鑑》卷三載 : 「北宋張戡，瓦橋人，工畫蕃馬，居近燕山，得蕃人形骨
之妙，盡戎衣鞍勒之精。」柄椿錄。
Chapter three in the Tuhui baojian by Xia Shiliang [Xia Wenyan, 14th century] of the Yuan
dynasty records: “Zhang Kan of the Northern Song dynasty was a native of Waqiao. He was
skilled at painting Central Asians [fan] and their horses, and as he lived near the Yan Mountains, he captured the subtleties of the Central Asian physique as well as all the fine details of their
military dress and horse trappings.”2 Recorded by Bingchun (unidentified).
Signature: 柄椿
Bingchun
Date: none
Seals: none
Abstract
4 Total
Collector seals: (1)
1. Unidentified owner, surname Zhang 張
Tianshi x-guo Zhang shi jiacang『天師 X 國張氏家藏』(rectangle relief) – lower left
Missing collector seals: Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691) – (2) originally on
mounting; lost during remount to panel; the following is a probable
reconstruction based on records in the Freer file folder3
Tangcun shending『棠邨審定』(square intaglio) – original mounting, bottom right, upper of two
Jiaolin『蕉林』(square relief) – original mounting, bottom right, lower of two
Mounter seal: (1) – Kinoshita Yokichi 木下与吉 (20th century)4
Kinoshita sakuhin『木下作品』(square intaglio) – impression on separate paper, glued on back of
panel, upper left
Collector seals: (1)
1. Unidentified owner, surname Zhang 張
Tianshi x-guo Zhang shi jiacang『天師 X 國張氏家藏』(rectangle relief) – lower left
Missing collector seals: Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620–1691) – (2) originally on
mounting; lost during remount to panel; the following is a probable
reconstruction based on records in the Freer file folder3
Tangcun shending『棠邨審定』(square intaglio) – original mounting, bottom right, upper of two
Jiaolin『蕉林』(square relief) – original mounting, bottom right, lower of two
Mounter seal: (1) – Kinoshita Yokichi 木下与吉 (20th century)4
Kinoshita sakuhin『木下作品』(square intaglio) – impression on separate paper, glued on back of
panel, upper left
Rights Holder
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer Sackler)
Identifier
F1909.160
References
(none)
abstract
Traditionally attributed to Zhang Kan (傳)張戡