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

92 155 A NEAR PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WEST- ERN CHAMBER’ PORCELAIN DISHES CHINA, QING DYNASTY, POSSIBLY KANGXI PERIOD It rests on a short unglazed ring foot and has an ogee-shaped body. The central part is slightly recessed. It is finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a décor of lovers, a man and a woman, in a pavilion, scenes possibly taken from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ (Xīxiāngjì - 西廂記 ). One has its wing covered all over with a swastika pattern against which are reserved medallions with peaches, whilst the other one has six of the Eight Treasures of Buddhism. One bears an apocryphal underglaze cobalt blue mark of Emperor Jiajing, a six-character one in kaishu script within a double circle, whilst the other one bears an apocryphal underglaze cobalt blue mark of Emper- or Changhua, also a six-character one in kaishu script within a double circle. D (the biggest): 26,3 cm € 600 - 800 156 A FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN SHALLOW PLATE OR DISH WITH A SYMBOL MARK CHINA, QING DYNASTY Of circular shape, it rests on a short unglazed ring foot. It is adorned in famille verte enamels with a compartmentalized decor of flowers, rocks and butterflies. The base bears an underglaze cobalt blue symbol mark within a double circle. D: 21,8 cm € 300 - 500 157 A SMALL COPPER RED ‘THREE MYTHICAL BEASTS’ PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE China, Qing Dynasty, Presumably Kangxi period The vase rests on an unglazed slightly recessed base, with a globular body, a tubular elon- gated neck and an everted rim. Adorned in underglaze copper red against a white ground with three naturally rendered and lively mythical beasts, i.e. a fu Buddhistic lion, a pixiu and a bixie, their eyes picked out in underglaze cobalt blue. H: 12,3 cm Notes: 1. Pixiu 貔貅 ressemble winged lions and are regarded as auspicious creatures capable of drawing cai qi 財氣 , i.e. wealth. Bixie 辟邪 are the female of the species wards of evil and are believed to have the ability to assist anyone who is suffering from bad feng shui. Fu lions are also known as Buddhis- tic lions. 2. This type of ware, combining three mythical beasts with the iron red enamels, is widely recog- nized as having appeared during the Kangxi period. 3. A large pair of such vases is illustrated in David S. Howard and John Ayers, ‘China for the West, Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export from the Mottahedeh Collection’, Sotheby’s, 1978, p. 86, pl. 43. 4. Compare with a related, though of smaller size, sold at Christie’s New York, ‘Chinese Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, 2019/09/10-17, lot 2, for USD32,500. Also see a related vase, that one measuring 42,5 cm, sold at Daguerre, Drouot Paris, 2019/06/12, lot 89, for €80,168. 釉里红瑞兽小瓷瓶 中国，清代，可能为康熙年间 € 2,000 - 4,000 156A A FAMILLE VERTE ‘MONTH’ CUP WITH KANGXI MARK BUT LATER The cup is delicately potted with flaring sides, with the exterior painted and enamelled representing the sixth month with a mandarin duck swim- ming in a lotus pond with a kingfisher in flight overhead. The reverse has an inscription, roughly ‘Jade-like, the lotus root is untainted by muddy waters; the gathering dew drops are like pearls on its heart-shaped leaves’, followed by a seal mark reading ‘Shang’ (lit. ‘Appreciation’). The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Kangxi mark.H: 4,8 cm € 1000 – 2000