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

142 285A CHINESE SCHOOL IN THE MANNER OF XU BEIHONG XU 徐悲 鴻 (CHINA, 1895-1953) Les trois cormorans - The three cormorants Ink and colors on paper Mounted as a scroll / kakemono With a signature (apocryphal) on the upper left: ‘ 悲鴻 ’ With a date (apocryphal) on the upper left: Winter 1935 (‘ 二十四年冬 ’) With an artist seal (apocryphal) on the upper left With an handwritten collector label on the scroll mount attributing the painting to Xu Beihong Dimensions (the sole painting): 110 x 59 cm € 1,500 - 3,000 285B LIAO XINXUE (CHINA AND FRANCE, 1906-1958) Quatre moineaux perchés sur une branche de prunus fleuris (Four sparrows perched on a blossoming plum branch) 四只麻雀栖息在盛开的梅枝上 Ink and colors on silk Signed to the lower left: ‘Liao’ With an inscription on the upper left, meaning ‘Painted in Paris’, completed with a red seal of the artist Framed Dimensions (the sole painting, as seen within its frame): 25 x 33 cm € 600 - 800 286 A COMPOUND CRIMSON VELVET ‘DRAGON’ TEXTILE OR WALL HANGING POSSIBLY A FRAGMENT OF A TEXTILE PRESERVED AT THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM CHINA, QING DYNASTY, POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY Of rectangular shape, it has been made of different fragments of a same textile cut into different parts, most probably in Europe, to ornate a wall with a decorative mirroring effect. It has been made of two layers: the first one is a tapestry base; the second one is a crimson velvet (in French: velours), that has been cut off - with a technique that may be described as ‘dévoré’ (in English also: burnout) - to draw a reserved motif. The latter depicts confronted four-clawed dragons by pair in me- dallions, key-frets bands, clouds, other flying dragons in pursuance of the flaming pearl, bounds books (i.e. one of the emblems of the literati) and rhinoceros horns y pair (one of the ‘Eight ordinary symbols’). L: 157,5cm- width: 84cm Provenance (according to the seller): French Consul in Ventiane, Laos, circa 1900-1920. Then brought back to France. Then by descent in the family up to the current owner. “ 龙纹 ” 织物或挂毯，可能出自于维多利亚及阿尔伯特博物馆藏残片 中国，清代，可能为 18 世纪 € 1,500 - 3,000 285 CHINESE SCHOOL (AC- TIVE 20TH CENTURY) WITH SIGNATURE OF XIǍO LÍN SHÌ 晓林氏 Magpies and prunus Ink and ink wash on paper Inscribed with a long calligraphy on the upper left Signed on the upper left Bears an artist seal on the upper left Dated to a xīn y ǒ u 辛酉 year on the upper left Dimensions (the sole painting): 66,2 x 24 cm € 300 - 500