Antique 18th - 19th c signed Chinese Kitchen God, Stove God, Family Protector Grand Tour Notice the raised beading around

Notice the raised beading around the holes

the glaze would be applied over a design traced in cobalt blue

was shut out from traditional art venues

Herat and Balkh were one of the four great cities of Greater Khorasan and one of the greatest cities in the middle ages

on the hull and the cockpit

Antique 18th - 19th c signed Chinese Kitchen God, Stove God, Family Protector Grand Tour Notice the raised beading aroundWe 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