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Hi all!
Just bought this Chinese tile. I would greatly appreciate any help reading the calligraphy on it. Unfortunately, I can’t remove the tile from the frame without destroying the frame. That aside, I’d appreciate whatever you can tell me. Thank you!

一片忠魂不可招
斗牛光肘鬼神驚
壬申仲夏王琦
書於珠山
A loyal soul cannot be teased,
Ghost and gods are frightened by his bullfighting elbows.
In Mid-Summer of the Year of Water-Monkey (1932)
by Wang Qi
Painted at Zhushan
Upper and lower seal,
匋米　（陶迷）Taomi (Crazy about pottery) - Pseudonym
Corner seal,
正三　Zhengsan　-Three righteousnesses

With regards,
I.Nagy

This plaque illustrates the "Demon Queller", Chinese demigod Zhong Kui, known as Shoki in Japan. In my opinion, this plaque is a more contemporary forgery of many in circulation with attribution to Wang Qi, a principal portraitist in the Jingdezhen artist group known as "The Eight Friends of Zhushan". The cyclical date of 1932 (Renshen year on the Chinese cyclical calendar) more likely would be 1992 if actually correct.

I've added a couple of images below, the first of an early scroll depicting Zhong Kui and the second a double-panel screen that's a period Wang Qi work.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Thank you Bill! I greatly appreciate your expertise and help.

Thank you I.Nagy! As always, very helpful!

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