# Orchids and bamboo

- By: Zheng Xie (Chinese, 1693–1765)
- Date: dated 1742
- Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Image: 13 3/4 x 147 1/2 in. (34.9 x 374.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 15 1/8 x 295 1/4 in. (38.4 x 749.9 cm)
- Culture: China
- Credit line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1981
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49244)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/as/web-large/DP204895_CRD.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)