Strauss & co - 13 October 2014, Cape Town

68 177 A Japanese boxwood three- case inro, Meiji Period (1868- 1912) carved with a figure leading a buffalo before a pine tree, the reverse with the same figure seated before a waterfall, swirling clouds to the top and base, lacking cord, 7,9cm high R5 000–7 000 178 A pair of Japanese inlaid bronze vases, Meiji Period (1868-1912) ovoid, each finely incised in shibuichi , gilt and copper, with an onagadori (phoenix chicken) perched on a gnarled flowering peony, his long tail trailing down the length of the vase, signed, 10,7cm high (2) R6 000–8 000 179 A pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases, Meiji Period (1868-1912) each of flattened ovoid form, decorated with irises and chrysanthemums beneath a blossoming tree, the reverse decorated with smaller irises against a midnight-blue ground, small repairs, impressed Ki or Moku, unknown maker or retailer, 12cm high (2) R10 000–12 000 180 A Japanese cloisonné and ginbari enamel vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912) ovoid, decorated with dragonflies, rushes, lilies and other flowers against a turquoise and white ground, minute spots of discolouration, impressedmaker’s mark possibly Takeuchi Seikurō, 12cmhigh R6 000–8 000 178 179 180 183 182 181 part lot