• Dimension: Height: 9 in (22.9 cm) Diameter: 4 in (10.2 cm)
• Estimate From: $1500
• Estimate To: $2500

Republic period. Of ovoid form, the body finely enamelled in polychrome to depict Zhong Kui the demon queller waving a fan towards flying auspicious bats, next to two boys in front, all within an outdoor garden setting, the base bears an apocryphal Qianlong mark.

小口、口沿外撇、矮短頸、豐肩、弧腹、腹部下收，平底、圈足。鍾馗，是中國傳統文化中的“賜福鎮宅聖君”。鍾馗多見凶神惡煞之相，然而本器鍾馗神態閒適，如此畫中笑臉盈盈之態，不甚多見。鍾馗赤面蓬須，身著紅衫，左手上舉呈扇，右手持握朝板，雙眼斜望遠方，遠處有蝙蝠飛舞上空，身旁兩位侍從抬頭仰望上方，接引此福，福自天降，寓意美好。整體刻畫細緻入微，神韻表現得準確生動。 “大清乾隆年制”款識。