Strauss & co - 6 February 2012, Cape Town

36 A stoneware ‘Chinese Song ware’ saucer dish, by Charles Vyse, 1931 covered in a thick light-blue stippled glaze, engraved initials and date, 16,5cm diameter R3 000 – 4 000 37 A stoneware vase, by Charles Vyse, 1930s ovoid, decorated with an olive- green glaze and a pair of copper-red crescents, unglazed circular foot, signed C.VYSE, CHELSEA, two hairline cracks, 15cm high R1 500 – 2 000 38 A blue and white faience double-gourd vase, 18th century painted with Chinoiserie figures before prunus trees and mountain- scapes, applied with later mounts, chips, 28cm high R4 000 – 6 000 39 A pair of Japanese Imari blue and white bowls, early 19th century of lobed outline, each painted with rocky outcrops and bamboo, raised on a circular foot, gilt rims, four-character mark in underglaze-blue, gilding worn, 7cm high (2) R3 000 – 4 000 40 A Japanese bowl, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) leaf-shaped, the centre painted with four floral rondels and a panel of orange and blue blossom against a brown ground, with gilt highlights, gilding worn, 24cm diameter R1 500 – 2 000 41 A Japanese Kutani plate, Meiji Period (1868-1912) painted with swimming fish within a chain and flowerhead border, 24cm diameter; and a Japanese blue and white bottle vase, Meiji Period, the slender neck loosely painted with scroll decoration, the body with flowerheads, hairline cracks and crazing, 27,5cm high (2) R2 000 – 3 000 45 detail 23