| Object Title | A Demon Queller on a Lion |
| Object Number | C123 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Qing Dynasty |
| Date Made | 17th Century - 18th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Demon | Lion | Bats |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | A demon queller on a lion. Attributed to artist: Sima Kou 司馬冦 (Northern Song) but probably later. The red upflung bats have special meaning here because 'red' and 'abundant' are pronounced as 'hong', 'fortune' and 'bats' are pronounced as fu, therefore the upward flying bats function as a pun or rebus. 洪福齊天, hongfu qitian, or abundant fortune equates with Heaven. Formerly in the collection of John Calvin Ferguson (1866 - 1945 CE). |
| Length | 81 cm |
| Width | 60.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from M. Knoedler & Company, 1916 |
| Other Number | Getz 66 - Other Number |
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