Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)
Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)
Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)

photo: Masatsugu Nokubo

Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)
Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)
Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)

Currently not on view

Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖),

undated

Min Zhen 閔貞, 1730–after 1791
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1997-38

Information

Title
Zhong Kui (鍾馗圖)
Dates

undated

Maker
Min Zhen 閔貞
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 116.4 x 57.7 cm. (45 13/16 x 22 11/16 in.) Mount: 245.3 x 74.7 cm. (96 9/16 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in honor of Constance Tang Fong and Wen C. Fong, Class of 1951 and Graduate School Class of 1958
Object Number
1997-38
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed: "Painted by Min Zhen” (Min Zhen hua 閔貞畫)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, “Min Zhen” 閔貞, square intaglio Artist, “Zhengzhai” 正齋, square intaglio 2 artist's seals: 1 square yin "Min Zhen"; 1 square yang "Zhengzhai" Two tags attached to rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
chinese painting styles, paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
paper (fiber product), color, ink
Subject
dogs, figures (representations), men, portraits

–1950s (China), acquired by private collection.
1950s–1997 Private collection, by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1997.

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