Antique signed 18th - 19th century Chinese Stove- Kitchen God, Family Protector art A darling early 1900s sterling

A darling early 1900s sterling silver chatelaine purse with an accordion style leather interior

The painting is signed although it is indistinct

Height:  43 inches

in the English Imari Pattern Blue

Antique signed 18th - 19th century Chinese Stove- Kitchen God, Family Protector art A darling early 1900s sterlingWe are offering an 18TH 19TH c., signed Chinese Kitchen or Stove God, right foot is placed on a turtle. 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 In Chinese Religion, the Kitchen God (literally, god of the