Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

148 Barbara VALENTINE MODERN A miniature painting, Frigate off Lisbon in the 18th century style 8cm by 11cm R200 – 400 147 A George III needlework and painted silk panel, last quarter 18th century depicting three figures in an interior, distressed, 29 by 23cm R300 – 400 144 A pair of Chinese Famille Verte vases and covers, late 19th century baluster, painted in the Famille Verte palette with three shaped panels of figures at various pursuits, enclosed by a stippled-blue border, the covers with spire-shaped finials, similarly decorated, underglaze-blue double- ring mark, one with extensive damage, 40cm high (2) R6 000 – 8 000 146 A Japanese Imari bowl, Meiji Period (1865-1912) the centre painted with a floral rondel enclosed by a brocade border interspersed with shaped panels of flowers, birds and diaper borders, gilt rim, the reverse enamelled with trees in blossom, 25,5cm diameter; and a Japanese enamelled vase and cover, early 20th century, of baluster outline, enamelled and painted with maidens enjoying a meal, enclosed by a black ground highlighted with peonies, rocky outcrops and plantation leaves, repaired, chipped, 31cm high (2) R600 – 800 145 A pair of Chineses Famille Rose dishes, Qing Dynasty, 18th century of barbed outline, the centre painted with a family beneath a tulip tree engaging with a bearded warrior, the cavetto with red and gilt diamond and chain border, the rim with sprays of flowers, repairs, 38cm diameter (2) R1 000 – 1 500 149 An American Honduran mahogany four-poster bedstead, South Carolina, late 18th/early 19th century composed of 18th century elements, the fluted baluster posts carved with ears of wheat, stiff- leaf and flowerhead decoration, on castors, the later canopy with dentil moulding, with panelled headboard, restorations and additions, 220cm high, 210cm long, 170cmwide, with two single mattresses R20 000 – 30 000 150 A Cape stinkwood peg-top side table, second half 18th century the rectangular two-plank moulded top above a wave-shaped apron with a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs with pad feet, 70cm high, 87cm wide, 58cm deep R60 000 – 80 000 LITERATURE Deon Viljoen & Guus Röell, Uit Verre Strekken, Cape Town & Maastricht, 2003, number 5, illustrated 145 part lot 144 part lot 38