Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

298 Two Chinese famille-rose porcelain vases, 20th century the first, bulbous painted with a pair of maidens seated at a table within a balustraded garden, the reverse with a calligraphic inscription and red seal mark, the neck and shoulder with ruyi-head medallions, pendant and foliate decoration between black-line borders, apocryphal Qianlong iron-red six-character seal mark, 14,5cm high ; the second, baluster-shaped and similarly painted, 20,5cm high (2) R4 000–6 000 299 A Chinese famille-rose porcelain vase, 20th century of baluster outline, painted with a bird on prunus blossom, the neck with ruyi-head medallions, cell and double-black-line borders, apocryphal Qianlong iron-red six-character seal mark, 14,5cm high R1 500–2 000 300 A pair of Chinese Export silver spill vases, late 19th/early 20th century each tapering cylindrical body moulded in relief with chrysanthemums against a stippled ground, with wavy rim, circular foot with a calligraphic inscription, loaded, 19cm high (2) R5 000–6 000 301 A Chinese Export silver cigarette box, early 20th century the rectangular hinged cover engraved with a border of flowers, the centre engraved with two Chinese characters flanking a vacant cartouche, cedar-lined interior, indistinctly marked 12,5cmwide R4 000–6 000 299 301 300 298 119