Snuff bottle with demon queller Zhong Kui
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Object Number:14.40.539a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Accession Number: 14.40.562a, b
19th century
mid-19th century
19th century
19th century
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