Five Oxen - Colophon 4
This section of the legendary 'Five Oxen' scroll serves as a royal guestbook, featuring elegant calligraphy and poems written by the Qianlong Emperor and his ministers centuries after the original Tang Dynasty masterpiece. The black ink characters flow vertically in a rhythmic dance, punctuated by bright red seals that act as official stamps of imperial appreciation. While Han Huang painted the famous cows, this specific part reveals how later rulers obsessed over the artwork, adding their own literary tributes to the end of the scroll.
- Technique
- Ink on paper
- Material
- Paper
Location: Palace Museum, Beijing
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