Back
Zhong Kui Supported by Ghosts
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Museum

Zhong Kui Supported by Ghosts

1700s
Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799) visual detail
ArtistLuo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799)
View artist →

Market Intelligence

Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.

Public evidence
Last known price—0 matched observed sales
Observed median—
Observed sales0
Artist index—
No rights-cleared normalized observed sale is attached to this artwork. No synthetic price history is shown.
Artist index unavailableNo completed public artist-index build exists.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.

Comparable Sales

Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.

Evidence ranked
No public-rights comparable sales meet the current evidence criteria. RELICT does not fill the table with research-only or licensed-only facts.

Provenance

Public
1700s

Fang Shishu 方士庶 [1692–1751]

1800s

Dai Zhi 戴植 [1800s]

mid-late 1800s

Ren Bonian 任伯年 [Ren Yi 任頤] [1840–1895]

?–1959

C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1959–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Fang Shishu 方士庶 [1692–1751] Dai Zhi 戴植 [1800s] Ren Bonian 任伯年 [Ren Yi 任頤] [1840–1895] C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Exhibitions

Public
Source exhibition text

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (October 16-December 13, 1959). Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Sourced Overview Evidence

In popular belief, Zhong Kui is a powerful guard against evil spirits, particularly on New Year’s Day and at the Double-Fifth Festival, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, when his image is displayed in households to prevent diseases and other misfortunes.

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.

Place Of OriginShort DescriptionProvenance TextExhibition HistoryCredit Line