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The Ordination of Empress Zhang
Artist
Unknown court painters
Title
The Ordination of Empress Zhang
Description
This is a detail of the handscroll, depicting the Jade Maiden of Dinghai (丁亥玉女), the Jade Maiden of Dingchou (丁丑玉女), and the Jade Maiden of Dingmao (丁卯玉女) from left to right. Each figure is individually named in the gold calligraphy above their respective depiction.
Date 1493
date QS:P571,+1493-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Ink, color and gold on paper, handscroll
Dimensions 21 1/2 in. x 1080 in. (54.61 cm x 2743.2 cm)
The San Diego Museum of Art
Accession number
1961.94
Place of creation China during the Ming dynasty
Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffers
Notes

The handscroll certifies the ordination of Empress Zhang as a priestess in the hierarchy of religious Daoism. It depicts fifty-two gods and immortals, each named in gold calligraphy, from Daoism.

The six Jade Maidens together are named as the Liuding Shennü (六丁神女) in the calligraphy elsewhere on the scroll.

  • left part
    left part
  • right part
    right part
References
  • The Ordination of Empress Zhang. San Diego: The San Diego Museum of Art.
  • Liu, Peng (2016). “Conceal my Body so that I can Protect the State”: The Making of the Mysterious Woman in Daoism and Water Margin. Ming Studies 74. doi: 10.1080/0147037X.2016.1228876
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