Strauss & co - 22 October 2012, Cape Town

298 A Cape stinkwood, rosewood and padoukwood commode, circa 1780 the moulded shaped top with outset rounded corners above three long drawers, the lower drawer with a moulded apron, bombé sides, raised on splayed legs, with later turned handles, 88cm high, 142cmwide, 65cm deep R120 000 – 150 000 PROVENANCE Sir Herbert Baker 299 A Japanese Arita blue and white dish, late 17th century of kraak type, the centre painted with a basket filled with flowers, enclosed by a foliate and leaf border, chipped, repaired, 38cm diameter; and another, damaged, 36cm diameter (2) R4 000 – 6 000 Sold: Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, The Elizabeth Mark Collection, 29 April 1985, lot 102 Sold: Stephan Welz & Co, The Herbert Prins Collection, Cape Town, 21 October 1997, lot 68 cf. Deon Viljoen, Monique van de Geijn-Verhoeven and others, Domestic Interiors at the Cape and in Batavia 1602-1795, Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle/ Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2002, pages 108 & 109 298 84