Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

94 256 A pair of Chinese ‘famille verte’ bowls, Uzhi marks, late Qing/early Republic period each with flared rim, the body enamelled in pinks, greens and browns with branches of flowering blossoms and peonies, the reverse painted with a ten-character inscription, to an opaque grey-green ground, raised on a circular footrim, 7cm high, 14,8cm diameter (2) R –  257 A Chinese polychrome enamel bowl, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the centre painted in iron-red and blue with a shou character enclosed by five bats, with spear-head border, against a mottled blue ground, the reverse enamelled with alternating Buddhist emblems and flowerheads against a blue ground above a lotus border, raised on a blue-glazed circular footrim, restorations, 7,7cm high, 17,5cm diameter R –  258 A Chinese cloisonné enamel censor and cover, Lao Tian Li Shi incised marks, late 19th/early 20th century the bulbous body flanked by a pair of bats, raised on three cabriole legs issuing from gilt fanged animal heads to a knobbed column, raised on a circular footrim, the whole intricately enamelled with flowerheads, scrolling foliage, Greek-key borders and ruyi heads to a turquoise ground, highlighted in gilt, the detachable domed cover enamelled with three ruyi - head lappets between alternating pierced panels decorated with clouds and bats, surmounted by a gilt Qilin, 34cm high ; with later carved hardwood stand, 18cm diameter R –  256 257 258