Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

480 A carved wooden mirror with rectangular plate, the frame carved with shell and acanthus-leaf borders, with gilt and white highlights, 150cm high, 120cmwide R8 000 – 10 000 481 A brass fire fender seat, late 19th/early 20th century with red dralon-upholstered seat above a pierced gallery, raised on a conforming hammered base, 55cm high, 44cmwide, 61cm deep R4 000 – 6 000 482 A Hylton Nel stoneware figure of a bull, signed after the Antique, modelled with a figure astride his back, 15cm high R3 000 – 4 000 483 A Hylton Nel earthenware figure of a crouching man, signed and dated 13.07.05 with grimacing expression, the whole glazed in pale lime green, with a penis on his back, 31cm long R6 000 – 8 000 485 A Hylton Nel earthenware figure of a Shepherdess, signed standing on a rectangular plinth, each arm encircling a lamb, before a stylized tree, one foot repaired, one leaf lacking, 23cm high R8 000 – 12 000 484 A Hylton Nel earthenware figure of a woman, signed and dated 14.07.05 similar to the preceding lot, seated on a triangular base, glazed with blue hair, 28cm high R6 000 – 8 000 484 483 485 486 A Hylton Nel figure of a Fortune Teller, signed earthenware and composition, painted and enamelled in orange, yellow and blue, the standing figure wearing a turban and holding a crystal ball, 34,5cm high; and two earthenware and lustre decorated figures, each standing, one pierced and wearing a cloak with a serpent around his neck, the other with a mask, both signed, the taller 35,5cm high (3) R4 000 – 6 000 135