Strauss & co - 6 February 2012, Cape Town

360 A French ‘Sèvres’ style gilt-metal mounted tazza, late 19th century signed H. Bertren, with a circular panel of a courting couple attended by a chaperone, enclosed by elaborate gilt foliate scrollwork against a midnight-blue ground, with acanthus-leaf handles raised on four scroll and shell feet, pseudo painted Sèvres mark, 15,5cm high, 37,5cm diameter R9 000 – 12 000 361 A Meissen figure group of Europa and The Bull, after the model by JJ Kändler, late 19th/early 20th century the scantily clad nymph modelled seated on the back of the disguised Jupiter, flanked by kneeling and seated attendant maidens, one offering Europa a flower taken from a basket, on an oval rocaille-moulded base, restorations, crossed swords in underglaze-blue, incised no. 2697, impressed 140, 22cm high R8 000 – 10 000 361 360 108