The Autumn Hunt, by Chen Juzhong, c. 1201–4
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The Autumn Hunt

attributed to Chen Juzhong (Chinese, active c. 1201–1207)

c. 1201–4

Medium
album leaf, ink and color on silk
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Painting: 24.4 x 27.3 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
Culture
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
Credit line
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

Equestrian pursuits and hunting were particularly popular among the Khitan (also spelled “Qidan”) and Jurchen, ethnic groups who lived along China’s northeastern border. Their nomadic lifestyle intrigued the Chinese court and inspired Chinese artists to develop a painting genre of foreign people hunting.