# Washing the Elephant

- By: Attributed to Qian Xuan (Chinese, 1235-1305)
- Date: Ming dynasty (1369–1644) or earlier
- Medium: Handscroll; ink and colors on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 36.9 × 641.7 cm (14 1/2 × 252 5/8 in.)
- Culture: China
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/89984)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/523b55e6df1428ee13c4857a4aee3452.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)