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

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 109 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 189 A SIGNED QIANJIANG CAI PORCELAIN WOODEN MOUNTED AS A TABLE SCREEN OR ALTAR SCREEN CHINA, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC / MINGUO PERIOD The mount is made of heavy wood and is carved with floral designs as well as with two confronted kui dragons flanking a ‘ 壽 ’ (Shòu - Longevity) character. The porcelain panel is painted in Qianjiang cai enamels with a standing lady holding a fan accompanied by an attendant holding a dish with two peaches. There is a table with auspicious objects such as crolls, bound books and a porcelain vase. The upper right corner is inscribed with callig- raphy combined with a red seal. Dimensions: - the screen: H: 57 cm - the porcelain plaque (approximately): 40,5 x 24,2 cm € 2,000 - 4,000 190 A VERY FINELY PAINTED FAMILLE ROSE POSSIBLY ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ PORCELAIN VASE OF LANTERN SHAPE CHINA, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC / MINGUO PERIOD The vase rests on a short ring foot and has an elongated egg-shaped body surmounted by a waisted shoulder, a short neck and an everted rim. The out- er part of the foot is finely painted in light blue enamels with a frieze of dots surmounting a frieze of key-frets whilst the neck is adorned with a frieze of rui surmounting a frieze of hanging garlands. The body is finely painted in famille rose enamels with a continuous scene, a mountain landscape planted with pine and willow trees where there is a warrior standing next to a white horse in front of a seated lady with a happy baby boy. The base is inscribed in iron red with an apocryphal four-character mark of Emperor Qianlong in kaishu within a double square. H: 24,5 cm Notes: 1. The quality of the enamel painting is exquisite. It possibly depicts two lovers meeting, one being a man together with his white horse, one being a woman holding a small boy or baby. The fine motif has been painted as a single continuous scene, all around the vase. 2. This painted subject may be have been taken from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ ( 西廂記 ), i.e. the most famous Chinese dramatic works. It was written by the Yuan dynasty playwright Wang Shifu ( 王實甫 ), and set during the Tang dynasty. Known as ‘China’s most popular love comedy’, it is the story of a young couple con- summating their love without parental approval. 粉彩玫瑰瓷灯笼形花瓶 中国 € 2,000 - 4,000