Stories About Deity Tianhou and Her Miracles–2: Immortalization
Artist
Lu Can
(Chinese, 1740 - 1812)
Place of OriginChina
Date1765
DynastyQing dynasty (1644-1911), Reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795)
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsOverall: H. 21 11/16 in × W. 34 1/8 in (55.1 cm × 86.7 cm)
Image: H. 19 in × W. 32 1/4 in (48.3 cm × 81.9 cm)
Image: H. 19 in × W. 32 1/4 in (48.3 cm × 81.9 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Trust of Dorothy Yates Foster
Object number1997.16.2
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
On viewSignedSeal： “陸燦”白文方印；“星山”朱文方印。
Inscribed重陽飛昇 天后年二十八歲道成。是歲重陽，上湄峯最高處，仙樂浮空，白日飛昇，實宋太宗雍熈四年九月九日也。
More InformationThis scene depicts the miracle of Tianhou’s deification on the peak of a mountain. Her ascendency was witnessed by worshiping crowds and welcomed by arrays of immortals with celestial music on the Double Ninth Festival in 987.
approx. 975-1025
1882
