Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

111 297 A Chinese blue and white Nanking dish, Qing Dynasty, early 19th century octagonal, painted with pavilions and a sampan before rocky outcrops, enclosed by a wave and spearhead border, 41cmwide R5 000–7 000 298 A large Chinese export blue and white tea canister, Qing Dynasty, late 18th/ early 19th century of square-section outline, painted with pavilions and sampans before mountains in a riverscape setting, with metal collar, the interior with four moulded divisions, chip, 37cm high, with associated wooden cover R9 000–12 000 299 A Chinese export blue and white tea caddy, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong (1736-1795) painted with figures before pavilions, riverscapes and mountains, brown and gilt highlights, lacking cover, 11,5cm high ; and a soft paste example, probably 19th century, painted with a figure seated in a pavilion, the reverse with two maidens before a building, gilt highlights, 1 1,5cm high (2) R6 000–8 000 300 A Japanese Arita export ‘Imari’ plate, early 19th century the centre painted with the ‘Three Friends’ before a pagoda and rocky outcrop, the rim with three panels similarly decorated against a blue ground highlighted with flower-heads and scrolling foliage, the reverse with three floral sprays, psuedo Chinese underglaze-blue six- character Kangxi mark, 20,5cm diameter R4 000–6 000 299 300 298 297