Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s1.t2.9

v1.c6.s1.t2.9

*Painting of Five Planes and Twenty-eight Constellations*, in Chinese art history, was passed as an exclusive painting subject, the content of which included pictures of five planes and those of 28 constellations. There were five types available in the world which were listed in order of authors’ times respectively – Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming, *Paintings of Five Planes and Twenty-eight Constellations* collected in Osaka Metropolitan Museum of Art, Painting Rolls by Song People collected in the Palace Museum, Constellation Paintings by Yuanzixia and Constellation paintings by Qiuying collected in America Metropolitan Museum of Art. The picture of Mars in *Painting of Five Planes and Twenty-Eight Constellations* was collected in Osaka Metropolitan Museum of Art.