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Pillars of the Country
Yao Shou · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494
Provenance
Ownership history
- Qing Imperial Collection. Ton Ying and Company, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, May 27, 1953.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- James Rondeau, ed., <em> Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the collection </em> (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.
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