Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

116 301 A Persian painted ivory tile, 20th century rectangular, painted with a seated young man being entertained by five musicians and a dancer before a wooded landscape, enclosed by gilt and black-line foliate borders, 13cm by 8,8cm ; and another example painted with a hunter astride his black horse in pursuit of a deer, signed, 8cm by 13,2cm (2) R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 302 A Japanese okimono carving of Hotei, Meiji period (1868-1912) the standing figure holding a lingzhi in his left hand, a bamboo staff over his right shoulder suspending a bag embellished with a fan, his girdle suspending an inro and netsuke , staff with repairs and lacking end, signed with a red and black seal, 11,5cm high R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 303 A Japanese ivory okimono of a basket seller, Meiji period (1868-1912) wearing waraji , his tabakoire and kiseru zutsu suspended from his girdle, a bamboo pole over his right shoulder suspending baskets, his back laden with further baskets, top of staff lacking, signed in a rectangular red-seal, 12,5cm high R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 301 302 303