Antique 18th - 19th century Chinese Kitchen / Stove God, Family Protector Shaker

Antique 18th - 19th century Chinese Kitchen / Stove God, Family Protector ShakerWe are offering an Antique 18th 19th c. Chinese Kitchen God Stove God, with old beard hair. 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 stamped in the 19th c. with "China" On the bottom (please note after 1891

California (1925)

V initials on bell

fiddle shape

tradition has been held every year for decades

There is a small tear on the left side of the

Late 19th c

Width across foot:  3 3/8"

Early 19th Century Chinese Eyeglasses

Rare Old Authentic Halibut Wood Hook Figurative Bird Haida or Tlingit Northwest Coast American The design is that of a bird in flight

Dimensions: 2 1/2" tall

Their feathers

The name comes from the practice of early bushi who