Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

352 A Chinese watercolour, 19th century painted on pith paper with a woman picking tea leaves, 12,5 by 14,5cm R600 – 800 353 An Italian fire-clay half shoulder doll, 18th century, possibly Naples the face with painted red mouth, inserted black enamel eyes, painted eyebrows, glued-on shoulder-length wig, the torso tapering to a waist- padded legs and upper arms, ceramic hands, wearing original lace-trimmed embroidered silk gown with pocket slits, elbow-length sleeves with lace- trimmed engageantes, pink laced bodice, cotton underskirt, green silk stockings and pink silk shoes, right hand with one finger missing, chipping, nose with small chip, some distress, 42cm high R15 000 – 20 000 354 A pair of Chinese carved and painted wood ancestral figures, late 19th century each seated on a throne, one holding an attribute, the robes adorned with a dragon mask with green jewelled eyes and with red, blue and green highlights, with damage, paint loss, 38cm high (2) R4 000 – 6 000 355 A Korean pine ‘Soban’ table, late 19th century the twelve-sided top raised on cabriole legs joined by side stretchers, 27cm high, 42cm diameter; and a walnut and upholstered kidney- shaped stool, 20th century, on cabriole legs with shell-shaped pad feet (2) R1 200 – 1 500 356 A Korean ancestor portrait wall hanging, 19th century painted on silk with the portrait of a gentleman wearing a rank badge and a black hat, 73 by 46cm, attached to a silk backing, damaged R3 000 – 4 000 357 A Cape teak and yellowwood cupboard, late 18th century the moulded outset cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf and a hanging compartment, on moulded ogee feet, restorations, 225cm high, 175cmwide, 70cm deep R100 000 – 150 000 PROVENANCE Tulbagh Antiques, Tulbagh 353 102