Title

Odes of the State of Bin , mid-12th century. Creator: Ma Hezhi.

Caption

Odes of the State of Bin , mid-12th century. Handscroll illustrating one of 305 poems in the Shijing (The Book of Odes), a work traditionally believed to have been compiled by Confucius (551-479 B.C.). Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A37_278

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33,5Mb (3,7Mb) / 16,5in x 7,9in / 4960 x 2358 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature river tree female women woman people male man men religious landscape plant plants arts country religion panoramic China Chinese guy monk monks museum geography color location century ink fabric image literature silk dynasty riverbank SCROLL calligraphy daily Life Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art poem poetry trees 12th century geographical feature Shijing Song Dynasty Southern Song dynasty illustration landscape Confucius K'ung-fu-tzu Kung-fu-tzu letterbox format Heritage Art Handscrol Handscrol ink color gold and silver on silk Book of Odes Odes of the State of Bin gold and silver on silk Ma Hezhi Hezhi Ma Thomas Cole landscape