Title: The Pure Whiteness of Winter
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: dated 1441
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Xu Jing 
Artist bio: Chinese, active first half 15th century
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions: Image: 58 7/8 x 30 in. (149.5 x 76.2 cm)
Overall with mounting: 107 3/4 x 37 1/4 in. (273.7 x 94.6 cm)
Overall with knobs: 107 3/4 x 41 1/4 in. (273.7 x 104.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Trees, term: Winter