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A POLYCHROME ENAMELLED FIGURAL
GROUP OF ZHONG KUI AND DEMONS
Qianlong
The Demon Queller modelled standing dressed in
a scholar’s cap and wearing his distinctive iron-red
robe, the fierce expression on his face highlighted
by bulging eyes, open mouth and bushy beard, his
body leaning slightly forward before a rocky boulder,
his right hand raised above his head, balancing on
one leg whilst attempting to step on a demon, the
other demons humorously attempting to stop him,
with a boy lying on the ground fearfully looking up,
all on a flat grassy base.
29cm (11 1/2in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000
清乾隆 粉彩鍾馗打鬼擺件
Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection
來源： 歐洲顯赫私人收藏
For related figural groups of the demon-slayer with
demons see M.Cohen and W.Motley, Mandarin
and Menagerie: James E. Sowell Collection Vol.I:
Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures,
Surrey, 2008, pp.82-83, pls.3.3-3.4, which the
authors date to circa 1750.
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A FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE
Kangxi
Finely enamelled with Zhong Kui resting against a
spotted deer, amongst rockwork and pine, the neck
with bamboo branches.
24.8cm (9 6/8in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000
清康熙 五彩礬紅鍾馗臥鹿圖棒槌瓶
Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection
來源： 歐洲顯赫私人收藏
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