明中期 象牙雕文昌坐像|Wenchang, Stellar God of Literature

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16th century · Ivory · Asian Art

Wenchang is one of a host of personified or embodied stars found in Chinese culture. Associated with literature and, by extension, scholarship and knowledge, Wenchang is part of a constellation of six stars near the Big Dipper.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th century

Medium

Ivory

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965