A Chinese "Zhong Kui" iron red-decorated porcelain vase, decorated by Huang Xian. Of ovoid form, with a short neck and flared mouth, the painting depicting a Zhong Kui and bats, signed, with cyclical date, and with impressed seals to underside, together with a book on the artist's work (2). H: 13 in. (vase); L: 14 3/4, W: 10 1/4 in. (book) PROVENANCE: Acquired in Fujian, China, early 2000s