Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

118 323 323 A Chinese export lacquer tea caddy, Qing Dynasty late 18th/early 19th century rectangular with canted corners, the hinged cover enclosing a pair of Paktong tea canisters with covers engraved with birds and foliage, the sides with carrying handles, raised on gilt lion’s-paw feet, decorated throughout with figures at various pursuits, minor chipping to lacquer, 18cmhigh, 27cmwide, 19,5cmdeep R8 000–10 000 322 A gilt-bronze figure of Jambhala, Tibet, 18th/19th century seated in lalitasana on his recumbent lion with a lotus base below, his left hand holding a mongoose and his right holding a lemon, the pot-bellied figure wearing a dhoti , jewels and a five-leaf crown, with gilded face and elongated ear-lobes, his right foot resting on a conch shell, the base sealed and engraved with a double- vajra , 18,5cm high R25 000–35 000 322