Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

120 314 A Japanese Imari jardinière, Meiji period (1868-1912) the bulbous body with everted rim, painted with panels of ‘The Three Friends’, with peony blossoms, bamboo and pine trees enclosed by flowerhead rondels and ho-ho birds, 24,8cm high R –  315 A Japanese Imari charger, Meiji period (1868-1921) the centre painted in underglaze-blue with foliage enclosed by a band of cranes in flight, against a gilt-ground, the reverse with sprays of blue flowers, 62,5cm diameter R –  316 A Japanese Imari jar and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912) the ovoid lightly ribbed body painted with panels of birds in a flowering tree enclosed by further flowers and foliage, the shoulder with lappet border painted with rondels and peonies, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a karashishi, some repairs to inner rim of cover, 57cm high R –  314 315 316