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Description:
A finely detailed wooden carving of the demon queller, Zhong Kui.
Zhong Kui is depicted crouching on a table with his right arm raised and holding a club in his right hand. In his left hand is a demon, kneeling on the table to Zhong Kui's left hand side, and in front of Zhong Kui stands a small figure. Under the table are four demons, one of which is holding a box; by his feet is a large pomegranate.
Relational references:
Spink & Son Ltd. 1979. Bamboo & wood carvings of China and the East. London: Spink, p. 36| Object details | |
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| Type of object: | statuette |
| Type category: | Sculpture in the round |
| Material: | Unspecified wood |
| Width: | 12 cm |
| Height: | 23 cm |
| Depth: | 11 cm |
| Origin | |
| Style/Period: | statuette |
| Date range: | 1644 - 1911 CE |
| Discovery site: | statuette |
| Environment: | |
| Creator | |
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| Personal name: | - |
| Role: | - |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Record data | |
| Artworld id: | 00143 |
| Current accession number: | L.2001.F38 |
| Former accession number: | F38 |
| Credit line: | - |
| Recorded by: | LW |
| Record date: | Mon, 2nd Sep 2002 |
| Copyright: | Copyright© by the Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved |