Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

101 257 A Chinese carved ivory figure of Guanyin, first half of 20th century the standing robed figure holding a spray of flowers in her right hand, her left hand behind her back, 20cm high , with carved wooden stand R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 258 A Chinese carved turquoise figure of an Immortal, first half 20th century the standing maiden holding a staff in her left hand and a branch of lingzhi in her right hand, attached to a carved wooden stand inlaid with ‘silvered’wire decoration, lacking finger, 10cm high excluding stand R –  259 A Chinese export ivory carved puzzle ball and stand, early 20th century the concentric pierced ball carved in relief with five dragons amongst clouds enclosing multiple concentric balls, raised on a stand carved with three elephants standing on their back legs with their trunks aloft, the circular base raised on a turned stem united by another puzzle ball, the whole supported on a stepped pierced column carved with conforming dragons to a pierced base carved with further writhing dragons, 55cm high (2) R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 260 A pair of Chinese jade bangles each carved with three contesting chilong , the stone of mottled-brown tone, approximate inner circumference 64mm (2) R –  257 258 259 260