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