Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009986Zhong Kui Supported by Ghosts
by Luo Ping
Also known as: Chung-k'uei Supported by Ghosts; Zhongkui Supported by Ghosts; Drunken Chung K'uei Supported by Ghosts
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
兩峰道人羅聘畫 【印】 兩峰; 4 additional seals: 3 of Dai Zhi 戴植 (19th c.); 1 of Ren Bonian 任伯年 [Ren Yi 任頤] (1840–1895)
Provenance
1700s: Fang Shishu 方士庶 [1692–1751] 1800s: Dai Zhi 戴植 [1800s] mid-late 1800s: Ren Bonian 任伯年 [Ren Yi 任頤] [1840–1895] ?–1959: C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1959–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799)
- Date
- 1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 96.9 x 48.9 cm (38 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Accession no.
- 1959.185
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