Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

183 Five Chinese blue and white tea bowls, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722) each painted with a pair of figures on horseback, their attendant with a standard, with two further figures in combat, the interior painted with a small boy, the rims with fritting chips, one base with underglaze- blue mark of commendation, the largest 6,3cm diameter (5) R1 000–1 500 184 A Chinese blue and white vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722) the lobed body painted with four maidens and flowerheads, the shoulders with Buddhist emblems, raised on a spreading foot with sprays of flowers, fritting chips, 11cm high ; and another 19th century example, 11cm high (2) R4 000–6 000 185 A Chinese blue and white tureen and cover, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong (1736-1795) the cover painted with a buffalo regarding a deer and its fawn before the ‘Three Friends’, enclosed by a cell diaper and flowerhead border, applied with an open-mouthed dog of fo finial, the base similarly painted, the sides applied with a pair of rabbit-head handles, 35cmwide over handles R7 000–9 000 183 184 185 78