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

126 237 A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘AUSPI- CIOUS SYMBOLS’ LIDDED TEAPOT CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Of faceted shape, with a foo dog finial, adorned in polychrome enamels with auspicious flowered vases against a black ground to each side of the body, also adorned with ‘The Eight Treasures of Buddhism’ (babao) and flowers against a light blue ground on the other parts. H: 16 cm Weight: 831 grams 景泰蓝带盖茶壶 中国，晚清， 19 世纪 € 400 - 600 238 A THREE-LEGGED ‘LOTUS’ LIDDED CLOISONNE INCENSE BURNER CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Of compressed globular body, resting on three legs with mythical beasts, the body flanked by two mythical beasts handles with loose rings, with a waist- ed neck, an everted rim and a dome- shaped lid topped by a lotus finial / grasp. The polychrome enamels depict lotus scrolls against a light blue green on a copper base. Fine chiseling of the finials, the handles and the mythical beasts of the legs. H: 20 cm Weight: 664,5 grams 三足带盖莲纹香炉 中国，晚清， 19 世纪 € 400 - 600 239 A PALACE SIZE THREE-PIECE (3) CLOISON- NÉ ‘LOTUS’ ALTAR GARNITURE, ELEMENTS OF A WUGONG CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CEN- TURY It consists of: - one three-legged incense burner with a com- pressed globular body and a trumpet neck flanked by two handles and topped by a parcel reticulated and chiseled lid with a dragon-shaped finial, it is finely decorated in cloisonne enamels with lotus scrolls and flowers as well as confront- ed dragons against a light turquoise blue ground, the legs have nice gilded beast faces, the lid is par- cel open-worked and chiseled with bats, the finial is intricately reticulated with a five-clawed dragon amidst clouds; - two cloisonne beaker or yenyen vases adorned with taotie masks, stylized banana leaves and lo- tus flowers and. H (the biggest, the incense burner): 48 cm Note: Known as wugong (the five offerings - here miss- ing a pair of candleholders), wares of this type were made in the finest materials to serve as ceremonial furnishings in the many shrines, temples and ritual spaces within the compounds of the Imperial palaces. Altar garnitures typically comprise an incense burner, placed in the center, flanked by two candleholders and gu-shaped vases, all placed on tall stools, as seen in a 20th century picture of the Daxiongbaodian of the Tanzhe Temple near Beijing, illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné. These ceremonial wares were conventionally modeled after archaic bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. By the Song dynasty this practice had already been established, but abandoned at the beginning of the Ming, when the Hongwu emperor decreed that daily utensils were to be used during state rituals. It was however reinstated in the first part of the Qianlong emperor’s reign, reflecting the emperor’s interest in the correct performance of ceremonies and rituals. € 4,000 - 6,000 +