# Pillars of the Country, in 15th-century China

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

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## The work

- 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
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.281
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Yao Shou](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/yao-shou), Chinese, 1423–1495

2 works in the collection.

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