AT-00014056
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Weighing Books
by Guo Xu
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Guo Xu (Chinese, 1456–1532)
- Date
- early 16th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 48 3/8 x 28 in. (122.9 x 71.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 103 x 34 1/8 in. (261.6 x 86.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 103 x 38 3/8 in. (261.6 x 97.5 cm)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Friends of Asian Art, Purchase, The B. Y. Lam Foundation Gift, 1997
- Accession no.
- 1997.166
Provenance
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