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

144 288 A LARGE PRESENTATION EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING FOR A 91ST BIRTHDAY APOCRYPHALLY DATED TO THE 60TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF EMPEROR KANGXI (1721) CHINA, POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY A single rectangular shaped gauze silk panel richly embroidered with a lengthy inscription, giving a clear ren- dition of Confucian values, dated to a ‘ 康熙六十年 ’, i.e. the 60th year of Kangxi Emperor reign and bearing seals, one potentially reading ‘ 楊笆 X 除 ’, likely the name of the maker or the author of the calligraphy, a so-called ‘Chú’. The central panel, bearing the principal calligraphy, is circum- scribed by another rectangle panel, embroidered with one hundred stylized variations of the shou character standing for a long life, then by a further rectangle with numerous characters, including officials and daoist immortals, and finally with another rectangle adorned with numerous auspicious daoist objects, emblems and beasts. 271 x 407 cm 大型且重要的 91 岁生日丝绸壁挂，康熙年间 1721 年仿款 中国 € 2,000 - 4,000 289 A EMBROIDERED SILK XIAPE OR COURT WAIST- COAT CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Made of dark night blue silk. The front and the back bears a rank badge (buzi), possibly for Civil Rank #5, that of a SIlver Pheasant. The front part is embroidered with two confronted flying five-claw dragons amidst clouds and above lishui waves with a sacred peak or mountain as well as with numerous flying pheasants and bats and gourd wines. The back part is embroidered with one single archaistic and frontal five-claw dragon flying amidst clouds and above lishui waves and a sacred peak as well as with numerous auspicious symbols. H: 102 cm - width: 66 cm Note: Compare with a related xiape or court waistcoat sold at CHRISTIE’S South Kensington, London, UK, 2012-05-12, lot 1056, for GBP 6,250. 刺绣宫廷袍 中国，清代， 19 世纪 € 2,000 - 4,000