Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

107 281 Two Chinese blue and white ‘Diana Cargo’ dishes, circa 1816 the whole painted with stylised flowerheads between blue-line borders, the reverse with four sprays, paper label ‘Christies, Diana Cargo, March 1995, lot 396 and 1168’, 28cm diameter (2) R –  282 A Chinese famille verte bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the whole enamelled with three dragons, a longma and a qilin amongst waves and flaming motifs, raised on a circular footrim, restored, underglaze-blue double-ring mark, 45,2cm high R –  283 A Chinese flambé vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the bulbous body with flared lip, suffused in shades of purple and blue glaze, raised on a circular footrim, the interior and base with craquelure glaze, some staining and firing faults, 20,4cm high R –  284 A Chinese blue and white sleeve vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the cylindrical body painted with a continuous mountainous landscape with dwellings in the foreground united by a bridge, populated with figures at various pursuits, the rim and base with a band painted with sprays of fruit and flowers, underglaze-blue four-character mark, 35,5cm high R –  281 282 283 284