Groom Presenting a Horse - Colophon 3 - Lv Tianze
This elegant calligraphy scroll is a poetic commentary on a famous horse painting, likely serving as an inscription on a work by the legendary Tang Dynasty artist Han Gan. The text playfully tackles a centuries-old artistic critique—that Han Gan 'painted flesh but not bones'—by arguing that his horses actually possessed a powerful, startling vitality. The writer, Lu Tianze, uses fluid, energetic brushstrokes to describe a magnificent horse with a 'dragon skull' and a groom with an 'old beard,' marveling at how lifelike they appear. It’s a beautiful example of how Chinese art blends visual beauty with literary debate, turning the written word into a masterpiece of its own.
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