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The Classic of Filial Piety
The Classic of Filial Piety - view 2
The Classic of Filial Piety - view 3
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The Classic of Filial Piety

ArtistLi GonglinChinese, ca. 1041–1106
Dateca. 1085
MediumHandscroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsOverall (a, painting): 8 5/8 x 187 1/4 in. (21.9 x 475.6 cm) Overall (b, colophons): 10 3/8 x 208 5/8 in. (26.4 x 529.9 cm) Overall (c, modern copy preserving seventeenth century silk restorations): 9 1/8 x 196 in. (23.2 x 497.8 cm)
DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChina
PeriodNorthern Song dynasty (960–1127)
ClassificationPaintings
CreditEx coll.: C. C. Wang Family, From the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Family Collection, Gift of Oscar L. Tang Family, 1996