Description: Antique Chinese Boxwood Carving Zhong Kui The Demon Hunter 鍾馗打鬼Circa: Chinese Republic, 1930s’H 13 in. (33cm), W 5 in. (12.5cm), D 5 in. (12.5cm)Total height with sword: 17 in. (43cm)Condition: minor imperfections.Zhong Kui first appeared in the 8th century when demons haunted the Tang Emperor Ming Huang. Then one night he dreamed of a giant demon capturing and eating a smaller one. Upon awakening, Emperor Ming Huang instructed the court painter to paint a portrait of the Ghost Eater, which became the first image of Zhong Kui, a black-faced Judge of Hell with a flaring beard, dressed in imperial robes and wielding a huge sword. In this fine carving of the legendary hero, he has one arm raised, holding a long sword in an ethereal vigor as his knee bends forward sideways stepping onto a condemned ghost by his feet. Both the Judge and the ghost’s explicit facial expressions effectively articulated a theatrical composition, with fine details in an ornate cuirass armor and supple folds flanked by a fierce countenance that brings the complexity of the mythical scene to life. *Authenticity Guaranteed. BuddhaMuseum specializes in temples, and family-worshipped Buddhist arts. We guarantee all artifacts to be genuine as described. It is our policy never to deliberately list fakes as genuine.
Price: 450 USD
Location: Richmond, California
End Time: 2025-01-22T06:54:38.000Z
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Brand: BM
Color: Brown
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