Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

274 A ‘Kraak-porcelein’ blue and white dish, late 17th century the centre painted with a grasshopper on a rock and a butterfly amid flowering plants, the broad rim with radiating panels of stylised flowerheads and formal motifs, repaired, rivet holes, 36cm diameter R4 000 – 5 000 275 A Japanese Arita blue and white dish, late 18th/early 19th century the centre rondel painted with a tea- house in a landscape setting, enclosed by a border of large peonies and foliage, the rim with a geometric border, repaired, riveted, glaze chips, 47cm diameter R5 000 – 7 000 272 A blue and white bottle vase, 18th century the ovoid ribbed body painted with vertical panels of stylised flowerheads, the base bearing the VOC monogram, 22,5cm high R9 000–12 000 273 A pair of Japanese blue and white beakers, 18th century tapering cylindrical, painted with alternating panels of flowers and bamboo above a diaper border, red and gilt highlights, one with firing fault to footrim, 7cm high (2) R600 – 800 275 274 76