Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller, on a Donkey – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller, on a Donkey

Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller, on a Donkey

鍾馗騎驢図

Formerly attributed to: Sesshû Tôyô (Japanese, 1420–1506)

Japanese

Edo period

18th–19th centuries

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Dimensions 34.5 x 70.5 cm (13 9/16 x 27 3/4 in.) (height x width)

Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession Number11.4137

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VI (Ink ptg.), no. 24

ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.