Antique 18th - 19th c signed Chinese Kitchen God, Stove God, Family Protector #missiongalleryantiques American Artists' Professional League

American Artists' Professional League

Hector Aguilor was an early Student of William Spratling in 1937

Width: 2 3/4"

with the Oxblood translucent Gloss Glaze

Antique 18th - 19th c signed Chinese Kitchen God, Stove God, Family Protector #missiongalleryantiques American Artists' Professional LeagueWe are offering an 18th 19th c. Chinese Stove or Kitchen God Signed on reverse. The kitchen deity also known as the Stove God, named Zao Jun, Zao Shen, Zao kimjah, Cokimjah or Zhang Lang is the most important of a plethora of Chinese domestic gods that protect the hearth and family. The Kitchen God is recognized in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, and Taoism. The Kitchen God (literally, god of the hearth), who is believed to report to the