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

200 448 A KO-IMARI ‘KIRIN’ PORCELAIN FOLIATE RIM DISH JAPAN, EDO PERIOD The foliate shape is said to imitate a chrysanthemum flower. The dish is finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue combined with gilt, red and green, with a kirin or unicorn and a banana tree. The base is inscribed in cobalt blue with an apocryphal six-character mark in kaishu of Emperor Chenghua within a circle. D: 21,5 cm € 600 - 800 449 A POSSIBLY KAKIEMON PORCELAIN EWER OF CALABASH / DOUBLE GOURD SHAPE POSSIBLY JAPAN, EDO, 18TH CENTURY It is finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue and red enamels with ladies and boys and blossoming trees. The base bears two old collector labels, one is saying ‘Japon XVIIIe’ (lit. ‘Japan 18th century’), the other one is inscribed with #82. H: 17 cm Provenance: - a private collection; - formerly the property of Otto Gürgen, a German prominent industrial- ist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1930s (by repute). € 600 - 800 450 A POSSIBLY DUTCH DECORATED ‘FRUITS AND FLOWERS’ SAKE BOTTLE, TOKKURI THE PORCELAIN: JAPAN, EDO PERIOD - THE DESIGN: POSSIBLY DUTCH, AMSTERDAM BONT H: 24 cm € 500 - 700 451 FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF SEÑOR MAURO HERLITZKA (1871-1960): AN ARGENTINIAN ENGINEER A COLLECTION OF SIX (6) KO KUTANI PIECES JAPAN, EDO / TOKUGAWA PERIOD It consists of: - a Yoshidaya dish; - a pair of ‘Sho Chiku Bai’ sake bottles; - a tea-caddy and cover; - a water dropper; - a prickle stand. H (the biggest): 17,8 cm Provenance: Señor Mauro Herlitzka (1871-1960), an Argentinian en- gineer under the direction of whom the first international flight from Argentina was done, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Exhibition: Exposición de Arte de China y Japón, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1936, nr. 540, 541, 543, 545, 546 & 547. € 3,000 - 5,000