The digression starts over here:

https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM

Hmmmm…..

?

…In the mean time...
./OpenCore-Boot.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# setup tap0 if haven't already for $session:
sudo ip tuntap add dev tap0 mode tap
sudo ip link set tap0 up promisc on 
sudo ip link set dev virbr0 up 
sudo ip link set dev tap0 master virbr0

REPO_PATH="./"
OVMF_DIR="."

args=(
  -enable-kvm -m 24000 -cpu Penryn,kvm=on,vendor=GenuineIntel,+invtsc,vmware-cpuid-freq=on,+pcid,+ssse3,+sse4.2,+popcnt,+avx,+aes,+xsave,+xsaveopt,check
  -machine q35
  -smp 4,cores=2,sockets=1
  -device usb-ehci,id=ehci
  -device usb-kbd,bus=ehci.0
  -device usb-mouse,bus=ehci.0
  -device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci
  -device isa-applesmc,osk="ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"
  -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_CODE.fd"
  -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_VARS-1024x768.fd"
  -smbios type=2
  -device ich9-intel-hda -device hda-duplex
  -device ich9-ahci,id=sata
  -drive id=OpenCoreBoot,if=none,snapshot=on,format=qcow2,file="$REPO_PATH/OpenCore-Catalina/OpenCore-nopicker.qcow2"
  -device ide-hd,bus=sata.2,drive=OpenCoreBoot
  -device ide-hd,bus=sata.3,drive=InstallMedia
  -drive id=InstallMedia,if=none,file="$REPO_PATH/BaseSystem.img",format=raw
  -drive id=MacHDD,if=none,file="$REPO_PATH/mac_hdd_ng.img",format=qcow2
  -device ide-hd,bus=sata.4,drive=MacHDD
  -netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device vmxnet3,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c9:18:27
  -vga vmware
)

qemu-system-x86_64 "${args[@]}"