'ZHONG KUI', BY AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST, DATED 1924 Ink 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 cm Auction 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.