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Zhong Kui, the Demon Quellor

(Chinese, 1598–1652)
Medium/Techniqueink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 185.4 × 73 cm (73 × 28 3/4 in.)
Image: 107.9 × 53.5 cm (42 1/2 × 21 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.455
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ClassificationsPaintings
Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 – d. 1904), Changshu, China; 1904, by inheritance from Weng Tonghe to his great-grandson, Weng Zhilian (d. 1919), Changshu and Tianjin; 1919, by inheritance from Weng Zhilian to his son, Wan-go H.C. Weng (b. 1918 – d. 2020), Tianjin, New York, and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2021, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 2021)