Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

90 242 A Chinese blue and white Nanking dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century rectangular with canted corners, the centre painted with a pair of birds, pines, peonies and a rocky outcrop, the rim painted with foliage, flowerheads, ruyi heads and butterflies, fritting chips, 43,2cmwide R –  243 A Chinese blue and white Nanking dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century oval with wavy rim, the centre painted with a riverscape with pavilions, buildings and rocky outcrops, the foreground painted with figures on a bridge, the rim with stylised foliate and cell-diaper border, fritting chips, 33,4cmwide R –  244 A Chinese blue and white Nanking dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century rectangular with canted corners, the centre painted with a riverscape with pavilions, buildings and rocky outcrops, the foreground painted with figures on a bridge, the rim with stylised foliate and cell-diaper border, fritting chips, 33,5cmwide R –  245 A near pair of Chinese blue and white famille rose dishes, Qing Dynasty, 18th century each octagonal, painted in underglaze-blue with a tree before a rocky outcrop and a balustrade, heightened by an enamelled peony, the cavetto with diamond border, the rim enamelled with butterflies alternating with pomegranates and foliage, with a sienna- glazed rim, restorations, 41,5cmwide (2) R –  242 243 244 245