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The Moon Goddess Chang E
Artist
Unknown artist, after Tang Yin (1470–1524)
Title
The Moon Goddess Chang E
Description
The painting depicts the Chinese goddess Chang'e (嫦娥).
Date Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Medium Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Image: 53 5/8 x 23 1/8 inch (136.2 x 58.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 109 1/4 x 30 1/4 inch (277.5 x 76.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 109 1/4 x 34 inch (277.5 x 86.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession number
1981.4.2
Place of creation China
Credit line Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1981
Inscriptions She was long ago a resident of the Moon Palace,
Where phoenixes and cranes gathered and embroidered
banners fluttered in heavenly fragrance.
Chang E, in love with the gifted scholar,
Breaks off [for him] the topmost branch of the cassia tree.
References The Moon Goddess Chang E. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Source/Photographer The Moon Goddess Chang E. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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