Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

227 A pair of Chinese celadon- glazed jars, Qing Dynasty, 19th century ovoid, with shortened neck, the shoulder with blue-glazed ruyi border outlined in white enamel, the body with five fu characters, one jar with a cover, spurious underglaze-blue six-character Qianlong mark, 24cm high with cover, 22cm high without cover (2) R9 000–12 000 PROVENANCE Conkwell Grange, Somerset, formerly the property of Sir Eric Millbourn, thence by descent to his daughter, the current owner. 228 A pair of Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century each tapering ovoid with everted rim, painted with a sage beneath a pine tree, flanked by a pair of young male attendants, each holding a chrysanthemum spray in their left hands, before a balustraded rocky outcrop, the reverse painted with a butterfly, one with firing fault and chip to footrim, the other with hairline crack, underglaze-blue double-ring mark, 35cm high (2) R6 000–8 000 229 A near pair of Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century each of baluster outline, profusely decorated with writhing five-clawed dragons amongst waves, the lip with greek-key border, restored, 61,5cm high ; with later metal cylindrical two- handled liners, 55,5cm high (2) R40 000–60 000 detail 227 228 229 87