Antique 18th - 19th c signed Chinese Kitchen God, Stove God, Family Protector Grand Tour This is an antique cut

This is an antique cut crystal German Stein with pewter and glass lid from the 19th century

Exhibition pamphlet

was shut out from traditional art venues

The antique figure is labeled "Zinober" on the back side of the base

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Antique 18th - 19th c signed Chinese Kitchen God, Stove God, Family Protector Grand Tour This is an antique cutWe 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