'ZHONG KUI', BY AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST, DATED 1924Ink and watercolors on paper. Depicting Zhong Kui blissfully asleep, resting on a large jar spilling its likely intoxicating contents on the ground, a ritual wine vessel (jue) beside him as well.Inscriptions: Inscribed “As the demons are fleeing from him, the Imperial scholar is happy and cheerful.” Dated “Autumn of Jiazi”, corresponding to 1924. Two seals. Signature of an unknown artist.Provenance: French private collection. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, areas of browning to the background, foxing, soiling, laid down on cardboard and matted.Dimensions: Image size 41 x 50.5 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with a painting by Fan Zeng at Sotheby's Hong Kong, with the same subject, in Fine Chinese Paintings on 2 October 2018, lot 1378, sold for HKD 325,000.《鍾馗醉後造像》,甲子年,或爲 1924 紙本設色。鍾馗醉酒圖,筆法生動,畫意十分精彩。身側還放著一個爵。題字:魍魎遠遁逃/進士樂陶陶/甲子年金秋時節以潑墨/供為鍾馗醉後造像/嶺南廣藝作並拜。應爲1924。兩枚鈴印。 來源:法國私人收藏 品相:狀況良好,略有磨損,紙的顔色變深,起皺,污跡,裝裱在硬紙板,無光澤。 尺寸:畫面41 x 50.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一幅主題相同但來自范曾的作品,售于香港蘇富比 Fine Chinese Paintings 拍場2018年10月2 日, lot 1378, 售價:HKD 325,000.