Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

268 A pair of Japanese Imari jars, 18th century baluster, each with shortened neck, loosely painted with pomegranates, peonies and butterflies, the shoulders with panels of stylised buildings and mountains, 15,4cm high (2) R6 000–8 000 269 A Japanese Imari dish, 18th century the centre painted with a rondel of a vase of flowers before a balustrade, enclosed by three polychrome panels painted with birds before rocky outcrops with stylised blossom and foliage, the reverse painted with sprays of chrysanthemums, blue-line borders, some wear to the enamels, 33cm diameter R4 000–6 000 270 A Japanese Imari jar and cover, 18th century ovoid, painted with a frieze of ho-o birds, chrysanthemums and foliage, the shoulders with leaf-form alternating panels of lotus blooms, gilt highlights, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a gilt shi-shi finial, the shi-shi with restoration, 51cm high R8 000–10 000 268 270 269 96