Zhong Kui Supported by Ghosts (1700s): Art, History and Details

Zhong Kui Supported by Ghosts (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In popular belief, Zhong Kui is a powerful guard against evil spirits, particularly on New Year’s Day and at the Double-Fifth Festival, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, when his image is displayed in households to prevent diseases and other misfortunes.

Object facts

• Title: Zhong Kui Supported by Ghosts
• Date: 1700s
• Creator attribution: Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799)
• Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 96.9 x 48.9 cm (38 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1959.185

Collection credit

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
• Lee, Sherman E. “The Lantern Night Excursion of Chung K’uei.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 2 (February 1962): 36–42.
• Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.

View the collection record

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