standing, his sword in his raised right hand, two dens climbing on him, two further demons at his feet, on a rock moulded base, 29cm high Provenance: Probably lot 663 Sotheby's Monaco, 23rd June 1985 and thence by decent NB Zhong Kui is a popular Chinese mythological figure who guards against unwanted demons. A similar example was found in the wreck of the Geldermalsen (sunk 1752) and is now in the Groninger Museum