An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art (1918)
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935 · London : B. Quaritch, ltd. · leaf 97
63 The following story is perhaps the most widely known of all, true and false alike, that have been handed down concerning this painter. “In the middle of the Tden-pao period (742 — 756) Han Kan was summoned to Court, and the Emperor bade him study horse-painting under the guidance of Ch‘en… … teachers, — at which answer the Emperor was much astonished.”" A great many of Han Kan’s Buddhist pictures are recorded, Bodhisatvas, demons, and the like, mostly painted on the walls of temples. He also painted many portraits of eminent Buddhist priests. Among his horse pictures the most…
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