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

106 180 A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘ICE CRACKING’ POT OF CIRCULAR FORM CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY It rests on a short unglazed ring foot and has a circular body molded with bands and applied with four bamboo-shaped handles by pairs. The outer part is adorned with an ice-cracking plum pattern reserved against a cobalt blue ground. It is topped by a lated dome-shaped wooden lid open-worked with three ruyi and topped by a jade finial. H (lid excluded): 14,5 cm H (lid and finial included): 23 cm D: 16,5 cm € 600 - 800 181 A TURQUOISE-GLAZED PORCELAIN ‘DAOIST TRIGRAMS - BAGUA - 八卦 ’ PORCELAIN CONG VASE CHINA, POSSIBLY LATE QING DYNASTY It rests on a ring foot and has an elongated square body surmount- ed by a short neck with an everted rim. It is molded with a Daoist trigrams or Bagua ( 八卦 ) as well as different ideograms including ‘Shou’ ( 寿 ), lit. ‘Longevity’. H: 17,8 cm “ 八卦 ” 青瓷琮式瓶 中国 € 300 - 500 182 A TURQUOISE-GLAZED ‘BAGUA’ PORCELAIN VASE OF ARCHAISTIC CONG SHAPE CHINA, POSSIBLY LATE QING DYNASTY It has a central circular section, i.e. for the foot and the rim, combined with a rectangular shaped body. It is either molded or carved with Daoist tantric trigrams also known as Bagua. It is all covered with a turquoise glaze with the exception of the base which has been left unglazed. H: 15,5 cm - Side: 7,5 cm Note: A basic concept of the Qing Dynasty is the ‘trigram’. A trigram is a three-lined symbol. Each of the three lines in a trigram can either be continuous or broken. A straight line represents the yang ( 阳 ) and a broken line represents the yin ( 阴 ). There are eight possible combina- tions of these trigram components and these combinations are known as the eight trigrams or bagua ( 八卦 ). € 400 - 600 179A A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘EIGHT TREASURES OF BUDDHISM’ TULIPIER CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY It consists of vive elongated egg-shaped vases conjoined and linked together with a central long tubular neck with an evert- ed rim. It is painted in underglaze cobalt blue with lotus scrolls as well as with the Eight Treasures of Buddhism symbols. H: 26,2 cm Note: The ‘Eight Treasures’ (babao - 八宝 ), also known as the ‘Eight Precious Things’ and the ‘Eight Auspicious Treasures’, may consist of eight ordinary symbols, the eight precious organs of the Buddha’s body, the eight auspicious signs, or the various emblems of the eight Taoist Immortals. 佛教八宝纹青花瓷瓶 中国，晚清， 19 世纪 € 600 - 800