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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
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00001249
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