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

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 123 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 228 A PLUM-SHAPED LACQUER ‘LOTUS’ LACQUER INCENSE STAND, XIANGJI CHINA, QING DYNASTY Of pentalobe and elegant fluid form, it rests on five cabriole legs set on a base and has a waived apron surmounted by plum-shaped top. It is adorned in red and black lacquer with intricate lotus scrolls and flowers as well as keyfret bands. H: 49 cm - width (maximal): 44 cm Note: This incense stand somewhat resembles the Qianjin and Tianqi lacquer ones of the Ming Dynasty. € 1,000 - 2,000 229 A PAIR OF LACQUERED INCENSE BURNER STANDS, XIANGJI CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY Each of elegant fluid foliate forms, resting on cabriole legs. Finely lacquered in colors and gilt with flower scrolls against a red ground. Each bears an identical old antique dealer label to the base of the top part: ‘Pierre Saque 6, Rue Saint Georges’. H: 47 cm - L: 41,8 cm - width: 32cm Provenance: - a French Riviera collection, France;- purchased from Pierre Saqué, 6 rue St. Georges, Paris (according to label). Note: Pierre Saqué was a noted and established dealer based in Paris circa 1900-1930. Quality Asian items first sold by him are of- ten popping up at auction. See, inter alia, a pair of matching Dehua teapots sold at SOTHEBY’S New York, USA, 2007-03-19, lot 769, for USD 8,400. € 2,000 - 4,000 230 A JADE EMBELLISHED INGOT-SHAPED ‘LOTUS POND’ PEWTER ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT BY FAN LUZENG DATED TO A SÌ HÀI 巳亥 YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1839 CHINA, QING DYNASTY Of hexagonal shape, that of a gold or silver ingot, made of Yixing terracotta clay all covered with a pewter, the handle, the finial and the point of the beak made of jade. One side is engraved with a lotus pond whilst the other side is engraved with a calligraphy. Wiith a seal mark impressed in the central flattened area reading ‘‘ 范述曾製 ’, lit. ‘Fàn shù céng zhì’, for the artist Fan Luzeng. H: 8 cm Notes: 1. Pewter-encased Yixing teapots appear to have been invented by scholar-conno- iseur Zhu Jian in the early 19th century, and Yang Pengnian ( 楊彭年 ) was one of the finest makers of these pots at the time, and so was Fan Luzeng ( 范述曾 ). Fan’s works were commonly incised by scholars with poems or other scholar’s taste subjects such as the ‘three friends of winter’. 2. Compare with a pewter encased yixing teapot by the same artist sold at BON- HAM’S Hong Kong, China, 2011-11-28, lot 205, for HKD43,750. 宜兴 “ 荷塘 ” 茶壶 - 范述曾作 己亥年， 1839 € 300 - 500