Tradecard, Kue Sing

Name/Title

Tradecard, Kue Sing

Entry/Object ID

CHSA-07874

Scope and Content

Color. Illus. England; London; Cavanders Ltd.: Silver background with an illus. of a monster looking man with two horns on his head, he is wearing short red pants and is holding a pen in his hand. Back: "Ancient Chinese No. 13."; "Kue Sing is one of the two stars which the Chinese profess to have discovered to have the supervision of the affairs of this world relating to literature and the pencil. This star is represented as an ugly-looking man with a head having two horn-like projections, standing by one foot on the head of a large fish. He is worshiped in colleges and high schools on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Dimensions

Width

1-1/2 in