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This fierce-looking figure is the legendary demon queller Zhong Kui. He is depicted in vibrant red paint on both sides of the bottle. A pale blue demon is painted on the object’s underside, which implies it was crushed under Zhong Kui’s feet.
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清 景德鎮窯青花釉裏紅鍾馗驅鬼圖鼻煙壺
Title: Snuff bottle with demon queller Zhong Kui
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: early 19th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze copper red and cobalt blue, coral stopper
Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification: Snuff Bottles
Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number: 14.40.539a, b
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