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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.
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明中期 象牙雕文昌坐像
Title: Wenchang, Stellar God of Literature
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date: 16th century
Culture: China
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification: Ivories
Credit Line: Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965
Accession Number: 65.86.125
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