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

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 135 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 263 §AN IMPORTANT ZITAN AND POSSIBLY BOXWOOD HANGING JADE VASE STAND CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Resting on four feet. The lower gradient part, of waisted shape, is intricately reticulated with lotus scrolls and ruyi combined with baluster vases in the rounds. It is further enhanced with a possibly boxwood gallery. The middle part is a flat one, where would have stood the jade vase, and is encircled by a zitan gallery. It is also surmounted by two long poles coming together on their top. The upper part is centered by a Shou (longevity) character flanked by two confronted leaping dragons which bodies are coiled over the poles. H: 38,5 cm - w: 16,5 cm - depth: 11,5 cm Weight: 495 grams 重要的紫檀及可能黄杨木挂玉花瓶架 中国，清代， 19 世纪 € 4,000 - 6,000 265 A FINELY CARVED BOXWOOD CARD HOLDER CHINA, CANTON / GUANGZHOU, LATE QING DY- NASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular scalloped shape, it opens by a lid. It is finely carved with numerous characters amidst pavilions in a landscape. L: 10,7 cm - width: 7 cm Weight: 49,4 grams 精美雕刻的黄杨木名片盒 中国，广州，晚清， 19 世纪晚期 € 200 - 400 266 A LIGHT WOOD LINGZHI-SHAPED RUYI SCEPTER China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century The head of the scepter carved as a lingzhi fungus, the grasp with a branch of four fungus. Original red and yellow cotton thread attached to the end of the grasp. Bearing an handwritten old collector label reading “Mme RIM- SKY KORSAKOF”. L: 31,5 cm Provenance: > Private Collection; > Mrs. Rimsky Korsakof, 19th century (according to label). Lingzhi ( 灵芝 ), also known as the glossy ganoderma, is the sacred fungus of im- mortality that grows on the trunks or roots of trees including the pine. Lingzhi is referred to as the fungus of immortality. Madame Rimsky Korsakof, the wife of the world-renowned Russian composer (1844-1908), is known because of her portrait painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter in 1864 and housed in the Musée d’Orsay under the inventory number RF 235. 轻木灵芝形如意权杖 中国，清朝， 19 世纪 € 400 - 600