Wenchang seated on rock work, beside his standing attendant the bearded Zhuyi, the distributor of examination results, covered overall in a cream glaze.
Wenchang seated on rock work, beside his standing attendant the bearded Zhuyi, the distributor of examination results, covered overall in a cream glaze.
A similar but larger group, from the Hickley Collection (Singapore), is illustrated by Rose Kerr & Joh Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, no. 28.
Another figure is published by Marchant in Blanc de Chine, 2014, p. 64, no. 35
Wenchang is the Daoist god of literature, further revered as a figure of general benevolence.