Strauss & co - 4 February 2013, Johannesburg

307 A Japanese black lacquer and metal-mounted travelling shrine, 19th century rectangular with domed top, rounded corners and hinged doors, the interior containing the figure of the Bodhisattra Sho Kannon seated cross-legged on a lotus throne before a flame-shaped mandorla, shrine with damage, 33cm high, Bodhisattra 25cm high R15 000 – 20 000 308 A Japanese lacquer and ivory screen, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) set with a rectangular panel inlaid and carved with a hanging basked filled with chrysanthemums, blossom and butterflies, the reverse painted with Mount Fuji, enclosed by a red and black rectangular frame with carved flanges, on bracket feet, restorations, some ivory and lacquer lacking, 85cm high, 70cmwide R4 000 – 6 000 309 A Japanese black lacquer, ivory and mother-of-pearl plaque, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) circular, the centre carved and applied with an eagle attacking a snake, the rim painted with flowers, paint faded, cracks, eagle’s eye lacking, 45,5cm diameter R3 000 – 4 000 310 A Japanese bronze vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912) ovoid, cast in relief with a shi-shi, restoration, signed, 24cm high R4 000 – 6 000 307 308 310 126