Title: Spring Landscape with Plum Blossoms, Scholar and Deer
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: dated 1548
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Xie Shichen 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1487–ca. 1567
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 71 7/8 x 41 7/8 in. (182.6 x 106.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Bequest of Katherine S. Dreier, 1952
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY