Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

98 247 A Chinese blue and white ‘prunus’ bowl, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the centre and exterior painted with flowering sprays of prunus reserved on a blue ‘cracked ice’ground, fritting chips to the rim, four-character mark, 25cm diameter R –  248 A pair of Chinese famille- rose bowls, Qing Dynasty, Guangxu (1875-1908) the exterior brightly enamelled with a pair of birds on a branch and a rocky outcrop issuing various sprays of blossoms, iron-red Guangxu six- character mark, 11,5cm diameter (2) R –  249 A Chinese blue and white jar, Qing Dynasty, 19th century ovoid, painted with four double- line panels of small boys at various pursuits before rocky outcrops, prunus, pine, and banana leaves, the shoulder with greek-key and ruyi -head borders, firing crack to the inner foot rim, underglaze-blue spurious Kangxi double-ring and six-character mark , with an associated cover, painted with peonies and a shou character mark, 24,5cm high R –  247 248 249