Stories About Deity Tianhou and Her Miracles–5: Offering Medicine to Reborn
Artist
Lu Can
(Chinese, 1740 - 1812)
Date1765
DynastyQing dynasty (1644-1911), Reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795)
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsOverall: H. 21 5/8 in × W. 34 3/16 in (54.9 cm × 86.8 cm)
Image: H. 18 15/16 in × W. 32 1/8 in (48.1 cm × 81.6 cm)
Image: H. 18 15/16 in × W. 32 1/8 in (48.1 cm × 81.6 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Trust of Dorothy Yates Foster
Object number1997.16.5
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
On viewSignedSeal：“星山”朱文方印。
Inscribed贈藥回生 明洪武初，興化衛官呂德病篤，夢天后遣以藥，又謂 觀音所賜，曰：“服此可去二豎。”德拜而吞之，醒即嘔出二塊，而病遂瘳。
More InformationThis scene depicts Tianhou saving a local official’s life by granting him a magical pill.
approx. 975-1025
Ganga Devi
May 23, 1980
1882
