A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Wenchang. Late Ming

Wenchang seated on rock work, beside his standing attendant the bearded Zhuyi, the distributor of examination results, covered overall in a cream glaze.

COUNTRY : China (Dehua)
PERIOD : Late Ming dynasty, ca. 1640
MATIERIAL : Porcelain
SIZE : 5.31 in. (13.5 cm)
REFERENCE : E124
STATUT : sold
Related works :

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

Additonal informations :

Wenchang is the Daoist god of literature, further revered as a figure of general benevolence.

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