Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

321 An album of thirty-six Japanese woodblock prints, Chikanobu Toyohara (1838-1912) each depicting women in contemporary and fashionable kimono , published by Matsuki Heikichi , signed Yoshu Chikanobu, album covers worn, one detached, on eighteen sheets, each print 35,5 by 23,7cm R15 000–20 000 322 A pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases, Meiji period (1868-1912) ovoid with a square neck, each decorated with a cockerel before a fence with flowering hibiscus and chrysanthemum, the reverse with a chick and mon , against a turquoise-green ground, the neck rim and upper shoulders with a pair of contesting dragons, the foot rim with a foliate-diaper border, blue enamel interior, 30cm high (2) R6 000–8 000 321 323 323 A Japanese cloisonné enamel box, Showa period (1926-1989) rectangular, inlaid with panels of fans, flowers, fish and foliage, in shades of green, blue and iron-red, gilt interior engraved with prunus blossom, raised on four ogee-shaped feet, 5,7cm high, 12,5cmwide R6 000–8 000 322 126