Title: Weighing Books
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 16th century
Culture: China
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Artist:  Guo Xu 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1456–1532
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 48 3/8 x 28 in. (122.9 x 71.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 103 x 34 1/8 in. (261.6 x 86.7 cm)         
Overall with knobs: 103 x 38 3/8 in. (261.6 x 97.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Friends of Asian Art, Purchase, The B. Y. Lam Foundation Gift, 1997
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Men, term: Scales