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

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 177 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 350 A BLEU DE HUE PORCELAIN BOWL ‘CRAB AND LOTUS POND’ BOWL INSCRIBED WITH THE MARK NGOẠN NGỌC 玩玉 VIETNAM, NGUYEN DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Lightly potted with thin rounded sides rising from a straight foot, with a metal rim. Finely painted in delicate underglaze cobalt blue shades with two crabs amidst a lotus pond. The base is inscribed in cobalt blue with the mark ‘ngoạn ngọc’, lit. ‘Jade trinket’. Sold together with a collector wooden stand. H: 7,2 cm - D: 18,7 cm € 1,500 - 3,000 351 A GROUP OF TWO (2) BLEU DE HUE PORCELAINS INCLUDING ONE ‘WU FU PENG SHOU - 五褔捧壽 - WUFU GI Ữ TU Ổ I THỌ’ BOWL INSCRIBED WITH THE MARK ‘NHÃ THÂM TRÂN TÀNG’ OR ‘RUO SHEN ZHEN CANG’ 若深珍藏 VIETNAM, NGUYEN DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Resting on a short tapered foot, with a round body and a met- al-mounted rim. finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue shades with five bats surrounding a ‘longevity’ (‘thọ’) character. the base is in- scribed in underglaze cobalt blue with a four-character mark reading ‘Nhã Thâm Trân Tàng’ (‘ 若深珍藏 ’), lit. ‘Precious Collection of the Seemingly Old’. Also included in this lot is a ‘Fortress and boat’ bleu de hué porcelain bowl inscribed with a calligraphy, its base with an apocryphal four-character mark of Emperor Chenghua. Dimensions (the bat bowl): H: 9 cm- D: 19 cm € 300 - 500 352 A BLEU DE HUE ‘DRAGON - R Ồ NG’ PORCELAIN PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASE VIETNAM, LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY It rests on a short ring foot and has a pear-shaped body surmounted by a long tubular neck with a slightly everted rim with a metal mount. It is finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue shades with one four-clawed dragon flying amidst clouds in pursuit of the flaming pearl. The base bears several old collector labels including ‘#2 dec 1800’. H: 20,2 cm € 600 - 800 353 A BLEU DE HUE ‘PHOENIX - PH ƯỢ NG HOÀNG’ PORCELAIN PEAR-SHAPED VASE OR WATER SPRINKLER INSCRIBED WITH THE MARK N Ộ I PH Ủ 内府 VIETNAM, LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY Finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue enamels with two flying phoenix amidst clouds. H: 25 cm € 600 - 800 354 A BLEU DE HUE PORCELAIN ‘PHOENIX - PH ƯỢ NG HOÀNG’ PEAR- SHAPED VASE OR WATER SPRINKLER INSCRIBED WITH THE MARK THỌ VIETNAM, NGUYEN DYNASTY, 18TH TO 19TH CENTURY Resting on a short ring foot, with a pear-shape body surmounted by a tubular neck, the rim with a chiseled base metal mount. Finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue shades with a lively phoenix flying amidst clouds. The base bears a cobalt blue ‘thọ’ mark, lit. ‘longevity’. H: 20 cm € 1,500 - 3,000 355 A PAIR OF ‘RIVER AND ROCKY LANDSCAPE’ BLEU DE HUE PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED LIDDED SUGAR POTS OR BOWLS POSSIBLY VIETNAM AND LATE NGUYEN DYNASTY Finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue enamels with rocky land- scapes with a river. H: 14 cm € 800 - 1,500