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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Pillars of the Country by Yao Shou
    Yao Shou. Pillars of the Country, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00001249

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    Pillars of the Country

    by Yao Shou

    Publications

    James Rondeau, ed., Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the collection (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2025), 24 (ill.). Suzuki, Kei comp. “Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings (Chûgoku kaiga sôgô zuroku)”, vol. 1: American and Canadian Collections. (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982), pl. A3-009, page I-32, 33. -Bourassa, Jon Bourassa, The Life and Works of the Literati Painter Yao Shou, Ph.D. dissertation, Washington University, 1978, pp. 108-118 -Siren, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. (New York: Ronald Press, 1956-68), vol. VII: Annotated Lists, p. 272-Martin J. Powers, "A Dated Handscroll by the 15th Century Literati Painter Yao Shou," The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, March-April, 1976, pp. 14-19, figs. 1-4.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Yao Shou / Chinese, 1423-1495
    Date
    Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494
    Medium
    Handscroll; ink and color on paper
    Dimensions
    29.9 × 759.5 cm (11 3/4 × 299 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    hanging scroll
    Style
    Chinese (culture or style)
    Place
    China
    Department
    Arts of Asia
    Credit line
    Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
    Accession no.
    1953.281

    Provenance

    Qing Imperial Collection. Ton Ying and Company, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, May 27, 1953.

    More by Yao Shou in museum collections

    • Parting at the Gate of the Capital by Yao Shou

      Parting at the Gate of the Capital

      Yao Shou

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      Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000937
    • Drinking and Composing Poetry by Yao Shou

      Drinking and Composing Poetry

      Yao Shou

      dated 1485 · Painting

      Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014205

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