Strauss & co - 21 October 2013, Cape Town

136 Six Chinese Export blue and white tea bowls and saucers, Qing Dynasty, circa 1750 the centre of each piece painted with a pine tree enclosed by diaper borders, the rims with minor fritting chips, two examples lacking Christie’s Nanking Cargo labels, the saucers 11,5cm diameter (12) R6 000 – 8 000 PROVENANCE Sold: Christies, Amsterdam, The Nanking Cargo, 28 April - 2 May 1986, lot 5567 137 A Chinese blue and white vase ovoid, decorated with chrysanthemum heads and scrolling foliage, the shoulders with a lappet border, underglaze-blue artemisian leaf, 10,5cmhigh R2 500 – 3 000 136 138 139 138 A Chinese Export iron-red and green jar and cover, 18th century possibly made for the Tibetan market, ovoid, painted with three flaming panels of a figure in meditation seated on a lotus, divided by panels of mythological figures dressed in chain-mail standing on webbed feet, with diaper borders, the cover similarly decorated, minor firing cracks, 25cm high R5 000 – 7 000 139 A Chinese blue and white vase and cover, Qing Dynasty, 18th century the baluster body painted with peonies and scrolling foliage, the neck with a band of stylised flames, the shoulder with diaper and line border, the cover similarly decorated, 40cmhigh R15 000 – 20 000 66