# Pillars of the Country

**Yao Shou** (Chinese, 1423–1495)  
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494  
Handscroll; ink and color on paper  
29.9 × 759.5 cm (11 3/4 × 299 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.281. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/79507).

## About this work

Yao Shou painted this in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of handscroll; ink and color on paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Handscroll.** Unrolled from right to left an arm’s length at a time, so the picture unfolds like a journey.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Yao Shou](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/yao-shou)

Chinese, 1423–1495

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: China
- Real size: about 11 × 299 in (29 × 759 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 30 × 40 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 15th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: plants, trees, Chinese (culture or style), ming
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/207.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/207/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pillars-of-the-country-aic-79507).