Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

104 175 A LARGE FAMILLE NOIRE ‘MAGPIES AND PRUNUS’ PORCELAIN VASE OF ROULEAU SHAPE, BANGCHUIPING APOCRYPHAL MARK OF EMPEROR KANGXI CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY It is finely painted with green, yellow, aubergine and white enamels with magpies, rocks and prunus against a black ground. The base is inscribed in cobalt blue with an apocryphal six-character mark of Emperor Kangxi in kaishu script within a double circle. H: 43,3 cm Note: One can say ‘there is a happy bird (mag- pie) on the tip of the plum branch’ as ‘xi shang mei sha’ ( 喜上梅稍 ) which sounds exactly like saying ‘xi shang mei shao’ ( 喜上眉稍 ) which means ‘happiness up to one’s eyebrows’. € 800 - 1,500 177 A PORCELAIN ‘DEER’ VASE OF AR- CHAISTIC HU SHAPE ARTEMISIA LEAF MARK CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY, KANGXI STYLE It rests on a ring foot and has a compressed globular body surmounted by a waisted shoulder, a tubular neck and an everted rim. It is finely enameled in green and aubergine / mauve tones against a yellow ground with a stag with its two forelegs crossed, with a couple of magpies, a mon- key, a pine tree and rocks. The base bears an artemisia leaf mark. H: 29,5 cm Note: The Chinese believe the deer lives to a very great age and, as a result, has become a symbol for long life. The deer is traditionally believed to be the only animal able to find the magical lingzhi fungus of immortality. € 800 - 1,500 178 A RARE PALACE SIZED ‘PAVILION OF PRINCE TENG - TENGWANGGE - 滕王閣圖 ’ PORCELAIN FISHBOWL CHINA, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, MID TO LATE QING DYNASTY Heavy potted with a round body. It is adorned in underglaze cobalt blue enamels with a majestuous fortified city along the river, with sampan boats sail- ing the river as well as with numerous walking characters. Also to be noted are the friezes of geometrical patterns and flower patterns that enhanced this piece: ice cracking plum flowers on the top of the rim; reserved circles under- lining the everted rim; lozenges below together with alternate flower crests, a rare pattern. On the main door or entrance of the city is hanging a panel inscribed with ‘ 章江门 ’, lit. ‘Zhāng jiāngmén’, i.e. the name of the entrance or of the pavilion. In front of that entrance, two floating flags or banners are inscribed with ‘ 洪都新府 ’, lit. ‘Hóng dū xīn f ǔ ’, i.e. the so-called Tengwang Pavilion, one of the three (3) Great Towers if Southern China. H: 45 cm - D: 51 cm Notes: Aquariums or fish bowls of this size are quite rare and may have been produced to fit a palace or a large residency. Our ex- ample is very finely painted with beautiful shades of underglaze cobalt blue and, fur- ther to that, is adorned with a rare subject. The painter has deployed a continuous scene all over the fishbowl. The subject of the painting is that of the Tengwang Pavilion ( 滕王閣 , or Pavilion of Prince Teng), located in the old Nanchang City ( 南昌 ), Jiangxi Province, on the bank of the Ganjiang River ( 赣江 ). This building is considered to be one of the three (3) Great Towers of Southern China. This famous pavilion, re-built many time since its crea- tion, is mentioned by a Tang Dynasty poet, Wang Po ( 王勃 ), 650-676), in his ‘Preface to a Farewell Feast Atop the Prince Teng’s Pavilion in Autumn’ ( 秋日登洪府滕王閣餞 別序 ). In this title are the ideograms ‘ 洪 都新 ’ that we find on the two banners in front of the city on the fish bowl. It is also to be noted that it has been a main subject for paintings: see, inter alia, the painting attributed to Wang Zhenpeng ( 王振鵬 , circa 1280-1329) preserved in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum, USA, under accession number 2010-65. Compare with a brushpot (bitong) adorned with the same subject and preserved in the collection of the Museum of Nanchang, Nan Chang Shi Bo Wu Guan. Also compare with a series of porcelain pieces preserved in the Tengwangge ( 滕王閣圖 ) or Pavilion of Prince Teng, in the same city. € 1,500 - 3,000 176 A MING STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASE OF ARCHAISTIC HU SHAPE APOCRYPHAL MARK OF EMPEROR QIANLONG CHINA, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC / MIN- GUO It rests on a tall spread foot and has an elongated egg-shaped body with a round shoulder applied with two handles shaped as mythical beast faces and combined with loose ring imitation. It is surmounted by a trumpet neck with an everted rim. It is painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a decor arranged in superspose regis- ters with different patterns such as lotus scrolls, stylized cicadas, crashing waves and stylized banana leaves. The base is inscribed in underglaze cobalt blue with an apocryphal six-character mark of Em- peror Qianlong in seal / zhuanshu script. H: 26,5 cm € 1500 – 3000