A RARE EMBROIDERED CUT-VELVET PANEL OF KUIXING
17TH CENTURY
The panel depicts Kuixing traversing tumultuous waves while standing on top of a ferocious sea dragon. The deity is wearing an animal skin tied around his waist with a long flowing sash, and holding a brush in one hand and an ingot in the other, all in shades of gold with dark blue highlights, and reserved on a greyish-blue cut-velvet ground framed by a dark orange-colored brocade border.
42¾ x 26¾ in. (108.6 x 67.8 cm.)
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The god of successful examinations and literature, Kuixing is generally depicted standing on a fish, tortoise or dragon, with one arm raised holding a pen and the other holding an ingot.