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

76 128 FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF OTTO GURGEN: A PROMINENT GERMAN ARGENTINIAN INDUSTRIALIST (BY REPUTE) A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ‘LOTUS’ CUP CHINA, QING DYNASTY, POSSIBLY QIANLONG PERIOD The cup is thinly and naturalistically potted as a lotus flower standing on a lotus branch. H: 3,6 cm - D: 6,7 cm Provenance: - a private collection; - formerly the property of Otto Gürgen, a German prominent industrialist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1930s (by repute). Note: Because the Buddha is often depicted as seated on a lotus, the lotus is considered a sacred Buddhist symbol (one of Eight Auspicious Symbols) representing purity and detach- ment from worldly cares. € 300 - 500 128A A PORCELAIN ‘LOTUS’ CUP CHINA, QING DYNASTY It rests on a short ring foot and has a round body with an everted rim. It is finely enamelled with lotus flowers and peonies. The palette of colours combined the underglaze cobalt blue, the yellow, the red, the pink as well as gilt. The base bears an apocryphal six-character mark of Emperor Kangxi in underglaze cobalt blue and kaishu script. H: 4,4 cm - D: 7,6 cm Provenance: - a private collection; - formerly the property of Otto Gürgen, a German prominent industrialist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1930s (by repute). Note: Because the Buddha is often depicted as seated on a lotus, the lotus is considered a sacred Buddhist symbol (one of Eight Auspicious Sym- bols) representing purity and detachment from worldly cares. € 200 - 400