Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

228 A pair of ‘Sèvres’ style gilt- metal-mounted porcelain urns and covers, late 19th century each tapering cylindrical body painted with a scene of classical maidens enclosed by a white beaded border, the reverse painted with buildings in a landscape against a turquoise ground, the sides applied with lion-mask- and-ring handles, raised on a knopped stem and spreading foot, on a square, pierced and foliate base, each cover with spire and flame finial, some wear to the gilding, 25,5cm high ; and a ‘Sèvres’style gilt-metal-mounted porcelain cassolette, the ovoid body painted with a couple in eighteenth century attire playing Blind Man’s Bluff, the reverse painted with a panel of flowers against a pink ground, the shoulders with ram’s heads, raised on a square base with indented corners, the reversible cover with pine cone finial and foliate candle sconce to the opposing side, some wear to the gilding, the cassolette 24,5cm high (3) R12 000–15 000 229 A pair of ‘Sèvres’ style gilt- metal-mounted two-handled vases and covers, late 19th century each painted with a classical scene of maidens, putti and dolphins within a gilt scroll frame, the reverse painted with a cartouche of summer flowers against a turquoise ground, the sides applied with female mask and acanthus-leaf handles, each rim with beaded, pierced and foliate border, each domed cover with fruit- filled urn finial, raised on an octagonal foot headed by a band of acanthus-leaf and scroll- work, the side of one vase restored, one cover with hairline cracks, some loss to the gilding and turquoise ground, 78cm high (2) R60 000–80 000 228 229 85