Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

87 232 A Chinese blue and white vase, Transitional, Chongzhen period, 1628-1644 the baluster body painted with a continuous scene of pagodas before a mountainscape and sampans in a river, the rim with stiff-leaf lappet border, 25cm high R –  233 A Chinese blue and white vase and cover, late 17th/early 18th century the baluster body painted with three deer in a mountainous riverscape, viewed by two cranes before rocky outcrops and pines, the neck with ruyi -head border, the detachable cover similarly decorated with cranes, clouds and pines, surmounted by a spire-shaped finial, restorations to the cover, underglaze-blue double-ring mark, 45cm high R –  234 A near pair of Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722 each bulbous body painted with scrolling foliage, peonies and a pair of Qilin , below a border of stylised ruyi heads, the base with a geometric border, underglaze-blue Kangxi reign mark, 20cm high (2) R –  232 233 234