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

172 329 B Ả O ĐẠI 保大 - ANNAM: A GOLD MEDAL AWARD VIETNAM, LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY, EMPEROR B Ả O ĐẠI 保大 (1926-1945) Female version of the award. A gold medal of scalloped shape, the upper and the lower part pierced with attachment holes (originally for beaded tassels, here missing). Nicely chiseled, a central cartouche on both sides flanked by two confronted flying phoenix. The obverse inscribed with ‘ 保大年造 ’, i.e. in Ch ữ Nôm ‘B ả o Đại Năm Tạo’ (lit. ‘Made under the reign of Emperor Bao Dai); The reverse inscribed with ‘ 琼瑶永好 ’. H: 6,7 cm - width: 4,87 cm Weight: 14,4 grams € 3,000 - 5,000 331 A SILVER HILTED ‘DRAGON’ WALK STICK VIETNAM, CIRCA 1900-1920 With a fluted wooden stick and a hilt or grasp of globular shape finely chiselled with a dragon and with plum flowers. Bears a mark, possibly that of the maker, possibly reading ‘Kyuku’ (?). L: 90 cm € 300 - 500 332 A RARE SNAKE HANDLES ‘QILIN AND PHOE- NIX - KỲ LÂN AND PH ƯỢ NG HOÀNG’ THREE- LEGGED SILVER BOWL AND COVER BY VINH DUC 永德 VIETNAM, POSSIBLY LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY OR SLIGHTLY LATER, CIRCA 1900- 1930 Resting on three leggs, the body of compressed globular shape, the mouth of quatrefoil shape, with two realistic entwined snake handles, and a lid topped by a mythical beast shaped finial. Finely and deeply chiseled with different patterns such as phoenix and qilin. The base also chiseled with a floral pattern, demonstrating a rare attention to details, and inscribed with the mark ‘ 永德 VINH DUC’. H: 14 cm Weight: 1439,4 grams € 2,000 - 4,000 333 A RARE DRAGON FOOT CHISELED SILVER ‘NAM GIAO CEREMO- NY - ĐÀN NAM-GIAO’ TAZZA OR CENTREPIECE BY MY-THANH 美 清 OF HANOI VIETNAM, POSSIBLY LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY OR SLIGHTLY LATER, CIRCA 1900-1930 Resting on stepped foot or pedestal around which a finely and deeply chiseled dragon in high relief is coiled. The inner part of the cup is also very finely chiseled, its central part with a nice subject, possibly that of the Annam Emperor Procession and his escort during Nam Giao Cer- emony at Hue, on the way to Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth, together with numerous sapeques or pierced coins, in the outer border four dragons and the wish ‘Phúc Thọ Khang Ninh’ (‘ 福壽康寧 ’, lit. ‘Happiness, longevity, health and composure’). The base is incised with the maker’s mark and city: ‘ 美清 MY-THANH A HANOI’. H: 16,5 cm - D: 18,4 cm Weight: 1035,7 grams € 4,000 - 6,000 330 A VERY FINELY CHISELED SILVER HILTED WALK STICK WITH AN INSCRIP- TION VIETNAM, LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY, CIRCA 1900 The grip, shaped as a bird, is finely chiseled in high relief with characters as well as with an inscription (unidentified). L: 89,5 cm € 200 - 400