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

138 274 *A PEKIN / BEIJING OVERLAY GLASS ‘MAGPIES AND PLUMS’ TAPERING VASE APOCRYPHAL MARK OF EMPEROR TONGZHI CHINA, REPUBLIC / MINGUO PERIOD It has an elongated egg-shaped body surmounted by a trumpet neck. It is adorned in yellow overlay with magpies and prunus against an opaque blue glass ground. The base bears the apocryphal mark of Emperor Tongzhi, a four-character one in kaishu script: ‘ 同治年製 ’. H: 19 cm “ 喜鹊与李子 ” 玻璃花瓶，仿同治款及可能时期 中国，晚清至民国 IMPORTANT NOTICE: *This lot is under temporary importation. An extra VAT will be applied to the final invoice. The rate will depend on the final country of destination. The sole buyers based in Ireland will be subject to an extra 13,5% VAT. Please contact our office (yuchen@adams.ie ) for further information. € 400 - 600 275 AN IMPERIAL EDICT OR DECREE CONFERRING A PROMOTION UPON AN OF- FICIAL DATED TO THE 20TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH OF THE 26TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF EMPEROR QIANLONG CORRESPONDING TO 1761 CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD The edict is written on a woven silk brocade and mounted. It has been lately cut down and laid on on a soft cardboard as an accordion book with two covers. The text is ar- ranged in standard form reading from right to left in Chinese characters and repeated from left to right in Manchu. The Chinese text is opening with a four-character title in a vertical line ‘Fengtian Gaoming’ (lit. ‘By Command of Heaven’), flanked by a pair of dragons, On the central part of the edict, there is a large stamped imperial seal impres- sion reading ‘Zhì Gào Zhī Bǎo’ (‘ 制誥之寶 ’, lit. ‘Seal of Edict’) followed by the inscription ‘ 乾隆二十六年十一月二十日 ’ dating the decree to 1761. The content of the edict or decree first briefly describes the relevant will of the emperor, then the deeds or achievements of the conferred officials as officials, and finally the conferred rank and order. Dimensions (each leaf): 28,3 x 30 cm 皇帝圣旨 - 乾隆二十六年十一月二十日 中国，清代，乾隆时期 € 3,000 - 5,000 276 *CHINESE SCHOOL IN THE MANNER OF BADA SHANREN 八大山人 (circa 1626-1705) BORN AS ZHU DA 朱耷 Bird on rock Ink wash on paper Signed on the upper right corner with the artist huāyā ( 花押 ) signature Bearing two red artist seals on the upper right 33,6 x 29,3 cm Provenance: a Private Collection. 中国画作 八大山人 - 朱耷，约 1626-1705 € 2,000 - 4,000