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Title | Painting: the story of Lady Wenji, detail: Writing Home. A nomad tribesman sitting under a tree, holding two horses by the reins. On the saddle a bow and quiver, the saddle-cloth of one of the horses is made of leopard skin. Note the nomad is represented as a Khitan. Anonymous handscroll "Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute" (HUJIA SHIBA PAI). |
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Shelfmark | 12461 |
Note | Wenji 文 姬 Hujia shiba pai 胡 笳 十 八 拍 COMMENTS: Liu Shang 劉 商 Cai Yong 蔡 邕 Xiongnu 匈 奴 |
Scanned from | Rorex, Robert A. & Wen Fong. EIGHTEEN SONGS OF A NOMAD FLUTE: THE STORY OF LADY WEN-CHI. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974, section 9. (SI 10.D.1) |
Ownership | 1973.120.3 |
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