Strauss & co - 17 March 2014, Cape Town

123 337 A Japanese Imari charger, Meiji Period (1868-1912) of floriform outline, painted in typical palette, the centre painted with a vase of flowers enclosed by four panels of flowering, trees, ho-o birds and turtles, the reverse with floral sprays, 55,5cm diameter R8 000–10 000 338 A Japanese Imari dish, Meiji Period (1868-1912) the centre painted with a rondel with three mon , enclosed by three panels of a scholar contemplating on a mat before a screen, with three further rondels of an Ebisu astride his fish, with gilt highlights, 46,5cm diameter R5 000–7 000 339 A Japanese Imari dish, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) of floriform outline, painted with two shaped panels, one with dancing geishas, the other with three cranes, reserved against an iron-red ground painted with five small birds in flight, 37cm diameter R5 000–7 000 340 A Japanese Imari charger, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) the centre painted with two panels, one fan-shaped with a figure in a sampan before a pavilion with Mount Fuji in the distance, the other persimmon-shaped panel painted with three small boys, against an iron-red ground with a bird perched on a prunus branch, the reverse painted with three dragons, gilt rim, 45,5cmdiameter R6 000–8 000 337 336 333 A Japanese Imari dish, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) of wavy oval outline, painted with a fan-shaped panel of one thousand storks, with two further panels against an iron-red ground painted with groups of small boys and flowerheads, 30cm diameter R3 000–4 000 334 A Japanese Imari dish, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) of floriform outline, painted with a kite- and a fan-shaped panel, enclosed by a pair of phoenix and stylised clouds, restored rim, 31cm diameter R1 500–2 000 335 A Japanese Imari dish, late Meiji Period (1868-1912) of shaped outline, painted with panels, one with a shi-shi contesting a ball, two further panels painted with flowers and a pavilion reserved against a ground of flowerheads, 27cm diameter R2 000–2 500 336 A Japanese Imari charger, Meiji Period, (1868-1912) painted in typical palette with concentric radiating panels, the centre painted with butterflies, foliate and diaper panels, the reverse with floral sprays, 62cm diameter R7 000–9 000