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A VERY RARE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE STANDING FIGURE OF References: Cohen & Cohen, 2014, p. 50, no. 29, for a single massive
ZHONGKUI ‘THE DEMON QUELLER’ figure of Zhonggui and a discussion about him; and Cohen & Cohen
Qianlong period, circa 1750 2012, no. 28, p. 46, for a later example with one demon; while other
Boldly sculpted in the round, the bearded figure of Zhonggui boldly examples were seen at Sotheby’s New York, 18 April 1989, lot 449, a
enameled in striking coral-red and other colors standing aggressively figure with one only demon, and at Sotheby’s Monaco, 23 June 1985,
on a green-glazed base with his demon-quelling sword held aloft, lot 663, a similar figure with four demons; and see Cohen & Motley,
his movable tongue articulated, fighting with four small demons 2008, nos. 32-4, pp. 80-83, where they illustrate three figures of
around him, one demon grabbing at his raised arm, one blue-faced Zhonggui.
demon standing on a blue scholar’s rock grabbing his garment, and
a third trying vainly to prevent the aptly-named ‘Demon Queller’ from
mercilessly quelling the fourth demon under his foot.
11 1/2in (29cm) high
$18,000 - 25,000

乾隆時期 約1752年 珍稀粉彩鍾馗大件擺飾
Published:
Cohen & Cohen, Tyger Tyger!, Antwerp, 2016, pp. 148-149, no. 65

出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Tyger Tyger!》，安特衛普，2016年，
頁148-149，圖版編號65
Zhonggui was a popular Chinese figure with a ferocious, eye-bulging
countenance who guarded Chinese households during the Duanwu
Festival, expelling evil spirits and counteracting their mischievous
propensities against unwanted demons (Bartholomew 2006, no.
10.19, p. 285). In this model, his flexible tongue is suspended on a
wire inside the head so that if the figure is moved the tongue appears
to waggle threateningly. Another example closely related to this
figure (fig1), was found in the cargo of the salvaged Dutch East India
merchant ship the Geldermalsen which sank in 1752 and is now in
the Groninger Museum (1986.0730). Porcelain figures with articulated
tongues are also in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum (fig1)
(E83938.1-.2).
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