Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

103 264 A pair of Chinese blue and white snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century painted with a pair of contesting dragons amongst stylised waves, stoppers, apocryphal underglaze four-character Kangxi mark, the taller 10,5cm high (2) R –  265 Two Chinese blue, white and copper red snuff bottles, 20th century painted with hunting scenes of figures on horses, stoppers, one with underglaze-blue apocryphal Kangxi double-ring mark, the taller 9,5cm high ; a bottle painted with a pair of phoenix amongst scrolling flowers between lappet and foliate borders, stopper, underglaze- blue apocryphal Kangxi double-ring mark, 9,5cm high ; and a bottle, the front and reverse painted in iron-red with a dog of Fo enclosed by scrolling foliage, stopper, iron-red six-character mark, 7,5cm high (4) R –  266 A Chinese ‘Aventurine’ blue glass snuff bottle, early 20th century flattened ovoid with copper gilt inclusions, stopper, 7cm high R –  266 265 264