Chung K'uei and a Procession of Demons

16th-17th century (Ming)

293 cm 28.9 cm

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The first paintings of Chung K'uei were executed in the 8th century, when the emperor called upon his court painter to depict a dream he had about a demon who had appeared when needed and tortured a demon-thief to death. Here Chung K'uei the demon-queller appears at the left e...

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 299]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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