Keywords: Gong Kai, Emaciated Horse.jpg en Chinese artist Gong Kai's Emaciated Horse ink on paper handscroll 29 9 x 56 9 cm After Mongol Kublai Khan leading the Yuan Dynasty conquered the Southern Song Dynasty of China in 1279 Gong Kai remained a Song loyalist and refused to serve Kublai's government This painting of an emaciated horse represents his own poverty-stricken conditions that he imposed on himself since he refused to serve as a government official 龔開(きょうかい) 駿骨図巻 元・13世 大阪市立美術館 http //depts washington edu/chinaciv/painting/4schfigu htm Gong Kai 1222-1307 Emaciated Horse in Genjidai no kaiga Tokyo Yamato Bunkakan 1998 pl 1 p 26 Collection of the Osaka Municipal Museum Yuan Dynasty 1271 1368 龔開 Gong Kai 1222-1307 PD-art Paintings of the Yuan Dynasty Horses in art of China Paintings of horses PD China Thin horses |