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

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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. ( x 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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