Wenchang, Stellar God of Literature
Unknown Artist
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.
Credit: Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965
16th century
Ivory
14.8cm
65.86.125
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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