A polychrome enameled porcelain plaque
Wang Qi, dated by inscription to 1928
Of long rectangular section, depicting the demon queller Zhong Kui looking on stoically while his elaborate cortege of subjugated devils deliver his clearly distraught sister unwillingly to her marriage through a misty wood, beside the lengthy inscription including the wuchen date and the signature reading Xichang Taomi Daoren Wang Qi xieyi.
8 x 23in (20.2 x 58.5cm) visible dimensions of porcelain
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