Strauss & co - 6 February 2012, Cape Town

42 A pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases, Meiji Period (1868-1912) ovoid, enamelled with daisies, narcissi and snowdrops against a brick-red ground, restored, 15cm high; and a Japanese cloisonné enamel vase, Meiji Period (1868- 1912), enamelled with chrysanthemums and daisies in shades of brown against a brick-red ground, 31cm high (3) R4 000 – 6 000 44 A pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases, Meiji Period (1868-1912) ovoid, each enamelled with a bird perched on a flowering branch against a stippled red ground, damaged and restored, 31cm high (2) R2 000 – 3 000 43 A Japanese cloisonné enamel vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912) rounded, the neck decorated with a rope securing a floating cloth worked with wire whorls against a black ground and outlined in yellow and red, above a flock of birds against a grey ground, raised on a low footrim decorated with a zig-zag border, restored, 14,5cmhigh; and a Japanese cloisonné enamel jarlet and cover, Meiji Period (1868-1912), rounded, raised on three feet, worked with two shishi against a red ground, flanked by heart-shaped panels decorated with waterlilies, butterflies and a small bird, chips to enamel, finial altered, 25cmhigh (2) R4 500 – 6 000 42 43 44 part lot part lot 24