Strauss & co - 6 February 2012, Cape Town

415 A Chinese carved tortoiseshell box and cover, Qing Dynasty, late 18th/early 19th century circular, carved with a seated courtier and his attendants before a balustraded pavilion, the foreground with a figure astride his horse, the sides carved with bands of flowerheads and dragons interspersed with buildings, the reverse carved with further figures enclosing a circular cartouche carved with the initials JPB, some damage to rim, 9,5cm diameter R6 000 – 8 000 416 A Chinese jadeite carving of a maiden of celadon tone, the standing figure holding a ruyi sceptre beside a phoenix and a peony, with mottled inclusions, 12,5cm high, on a wooden stand R6 000 – 8 000 417 A Chinese jadeite, enamel and gemset silver-gilt box and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th/20th century circular, applied with pink quartz and jadeite bosses amongst enamelled flowerheads and foliage, gilt and mirrored interior, with detachable white jadeite hololith bangle carved in relief with a deer eating lingzhi , an eagle and a lion divided by script, 5,5cm high, inner diameter of bangle 6,2cm R5 000 – 7 000 418 A Chinese agate censor and cover, Qing Dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century the shoulders carved with taotie mask-and-ring handles, on three cabriole legs with pad feet, the cover carved with a dog-of- fo , the mottled stone with grey moss inclusions, 13cm high, and a carved wooden stand R7 000 – 9 000 415 416 417 418 128