Demon Queller Stirring a Cauldron
C124
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Title | Demon Queller Stirring a Cauldron |
| Object Number | C124 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese | Confucian | Daoist |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Qing Dynasty |
| Date Made | 17th Century - 18th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Demon Quellor | Cauldron |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | A Demon Queller Stirring a Cauldron. Attributed to artist: Sima Kou 司馬冦 (Northern Song) but probably later. The inscription reads: 調和鼎鼐,'tiaohe ding nai,' Harmonize Ding and Nai (bronze cooking vessels). Ding-Nai are most important ritual vessels in the Shang Dynasty - Zhou Dynasty period. Thus the term was adopted to imply the management of country, the administration. To rule a country well is like to harmonize well the ingredients in the Ding-Nai vessels. A Confucian thought painted with strong Daoist colors. Formerly in the collection of John Calvin Ferguson (1866 - 1945 CE). |
| Length | 81 cm |
| Width | 47 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from M. Knoedler & Company, 1916 |
| Other Number | Getz 67 - Other Number |
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