南宋/元 顏庚 鍾馗嫁妹圖 卷, The Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving His Sister Away in Marriage, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), China, Handscroll; ink on silk, Image: 9 5/8 x 99 3/4 in. (24.4 x 253.4 cm), Paintings, Yan Geng (active late 13th century), Here, the legendary 'demon queller' Zhong Kui leads his sister to her new home accompanied by an escort of demons performing feats of martial prowess. The comic climax to this spectacle is Zhong Kui himself—stone drunk and propped atop a small donkey by three retainers while his sister sits helplessly astride a recalcitrant water buffalo
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南宋/元, 顏庚, 鍾馗嫁妹圬卷, Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving, Sister Away, Marriage, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, China, Handscroll, ink, silk, Image, 9 5/8 x 99 3/4, 24.4 253.4 cm, Paintings, Yan Geng, active late 13th century, legendary, demon queller, Zhong leads, sister, new home, accompanied, escort, demons performing, feats, martial prowess, comic climax, spectacle Kui, —stone, drunk, propped atop, small donkey, three retainers, sister sits, helplessly, astride, recalcitrant water, buffalo
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