Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

76 201 A Chinese Export silver snuff box, probably Canton, early 19th century rectangular, the hinged cover moulded with figures beneath a pine tree before pavilions and a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a figural scene enclosing a raised pavilion before pines, the sides similarly moulded with river and pavilion scenes, silver gilt interior, 1,7cm high, 6,7cmwide, 105g R –  202 A pair of Chinese Export silver candlesticks, 19th century each moulded as traditional Chinese architectural columns, huabiao , placed outside the walls of the Forbidden City, 23cm high, 475g all in (2) R –  203 A Chinese Export silver tazza, Wang Hing & Co, Hong Kong, late 19th/early 20th century the stepped circular bowl with moulded and pierced rim decorated with contesting dragons and flaming pearls amongst stylised clouds, the central column moulded as five bamboo branches to a bulbous vase, the shoulder of the vase moulded with a foliate band to a hammered ground and applied with three writhing dragons, raised on a domed stepped footrim, 16,5cm high, 480g R –  201 202 203