Central Asian Groom Pasturing a Horse

A hanging scroll shows a robed attendant standing at left beside a pale white horse grazing on a brown ground with sparse foliage and rocks. The figures are painted in fine ink and color on silk, with a muted, earthy palette and a wide margin of mounted brocade framing the image.

Artist

Unknown

Date

14th century

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1711 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art