Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

127 provenance The Collection of the Late Dr Albert Herzog. Sold: Stephan Welz & Co. in Association with Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, Monday 2 August 1993, lot 303 356 A Japanese Arita blue and white VOC dish, Edo period, late 17th century decorated in underglaze-blue with the VOC ( Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ) monogram enclosed by a long-tailed ho-o bird, pomegranates and sprays of prunus blossom, the rim with six radiating panels painted with peonies and bamboo, 36cm diameter R150 000–200 000