Start with the Hunting Bow — everything else in this print is arranged around it, the way Zhao Yong intended — exactly what this kind of Chinese art print for framing should be. A faithful huaxin reproduction on a single unmounted sheet — frame it, mount it, or keep it in a portfolio.
Across the sheet you’ll find horse, rider, and red robe, a strong traditional Chinese painting reproduction by any measure. There’s also trees and hunting worked into the scene. Even the seals are composed: balanced, spaced, and deliberate, and a worthy Chinese home decor print. Horses mean swift success — the old phrase is literally ‘horse arrives, success arrives.’ The riders are small against the mountains — that’s the point. Zhao Yong, Zhao Mengfu’s son, painted horses and landscapes in the family manner.
Hang it opposite the window so the light finds it in the afternoon, the kind of unmounted Chinese painting print worth framing well. Hang it in the dining room; good art is good company.
