元 吳鎮 老松圖 軸, Crooked Pine, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), dated 1335, China, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 65 3/8 x 32 1/2 in. (166.1 x 82.6 cm), Paintings, Wu Zhen (Chinese, 1280–1354), Because it retains its greenery even in the dead of winter, the pine symbolizes endurance and fortitude. For Yuan-dynasty scholars living under the alien rule of the Mongols, depictions of ancient pines became a potent metaphor for survival in the face of political discrimination
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元, 吳鎮, 老松圬軸, Crooked Pine, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, dated 1335, China, Hanging scroll, ink, silk, Image, 65 3/8 x 32 1/2, 166.1 82.6 cm, Paintings, Wu Zhen, Chinese, 1280–1354, retains, greenery even, dead, winter, pine symbolizes endurance, fortitude, Yuan-dynasty scholars, living, under, alien rule, Mongols, depictions, ancient pines, potent metaphor, survival, face, political discrimination
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