Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

213 A large Samson Iznik-style bowl, Paris, late 19th century circular, the centre enamelled and decorated with a stylised medallion, the inner and outer rims painted with blue and white foliate bands, the exterior decorated with a band of stylised peacocks in shades of blue, green and iron-red, pseudo black painted Iznik mark, the interior with some staining, 38,5cm diameter R15 000–20 000 214 An Italian faience dish, 18th century the centre painted in polychrome enamels with a cathedral flanked by a spray of stylised flowers, the rim similarly decorated, fritting chips, hairline cracks, 35cm diameter R6 000–8 000 216 Two lustre pottery plates one painted with a woman chastising a cat within a scroll border, the other painted with stylised flowers and foliage within a flowerhead border, 19,5cm diameter ; and a blue and white pottery jug, 19th century, painted with stylised tulips between chain borders, repair, glaze chips, 19,6cm high (3) R1 200–1 500 215 An Italian faience oil container in the form of a book, 19th century the ‘covers’with foliate decoration, with ribbed ‘spine’and foliate ‘clasps’, the top with reduced aperture, chips and some damage, 20,5cm high ; an Italian faience arbarello, the waisted body loosely painted with scrolling vines, line and blue-dash borders, fritting chips, 20,5cm high ; and an Italian faience tazza, late 19th century, painted with a rondel of a castle in a landscape, enclosed by an acanthus-leaf border, raised on a spreading circular foot, restored, 22,5cm diameter (3) R3 000–4 000 213 214 215 216 part lot part lot 80