Strauss & co - 4 February 2013, Johannesburg

287 288 289 290 287 A Chinese Longquan Celadon tripod censor/bowl, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) circular, with inverted lip, the exterior with trigrams bagua and craquelure glaze, raised on three curved feet headed by a mask, 33cm diameter; on a later hardwood stand (2) R20 000 – 25 000 Sold: Arts & Antiques Group, Amsterdam, 2 April 2012, lot 272 288 A Chinese blue and white vase, Qing Dynasty, late 17th/early 18th century baluster, the shortened neck with lappet border, decorated with feng-hu birds perched on magnolia and peony branches before a rocky outcrop, hairline crack, four-character mark in underglaze-blue, 21cm high R7 000 – 9 000 PROVENANCE Dr William Frederick Purcell (1866- 1919) and thence by descent. William Purcell was an arachnologist and biologist and was involved with the restoration of the Koopmans-De Wet House Museum, Cape Town. He was a known collector of Cape furniture and porcelain. 289 A Chinese Tzu Chau vessel, Qing Dynasty, 18th century the shoulder applied with a spout, painted in dark brown on a creamy slip ground with scrolling foliage and a stylised border stopping short of the lower body and footrim, 20cm high R6 000 – 8 000 PROVENANCE Dr William Frederick Purcell (1866-1919) and thence by descent. 290 A Chinese polychrome vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th century baluster, decorated with peonies and feng- hu birds, enamels worn, 15cm high R4 000 – 6 000 119