Listening to the Zither Among Streams and Pines, by Xie Shichen
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Listening to the Zither Among Streams and Pines

Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–ca. 1567)

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 55 1/2 x 28 in. (141 x 71.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 124 x 36 in. (315 x 91.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 124 x 38 3/4 in. (315 x 98.4 cm)
Culture
China
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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