Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

193 A Japanese ginbari cloisonné enamel vase, 20th century tapering ovoid, enamalled to the front with a pair of birds perched on a blossoming branch viewed by another bird from above, the foreground with sprays of bamboo, chrysanthemums and irises, against a pigeon-blood ground, 31cm high R4 000–6 000 194 A pair of Japanese Kutani vases, Meiji Period (1868-1912) cylindrical with a bulbous base, the sides applied with gilt cicada handles, one vase painted with a panel of a rooster, the other with a hen, both painted with a panel of two maidens in a landscape, the whole with rabbits, bats, flowerhead medallions and cell diaper borders, chip to one rim, now converted to lamps and fixed to stands, fitted for electricity, the vases 36cm high (2) R 5 000–7 000 detail 193 194 75