Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

95 259 A Chinese bronze incense burner, 19th century with rounded sides applied with a pair of handles shaped as the head of a mythical beast, raised on a splayed foot rim, cast apocryphal Xuande six- character seal mark, 10cm high R –  260 A set of four Chinese ivory figures of Immortals, Qing Dynasty, late 18th/early 19th century the first carved as Cao Guojiu , holding a fly-whisk in his right hand, his left hand supporting a bag resting on his shoulder containing peaches, a ruyi and a pair of tablets resembling castanets, the second carved as Han Xiangzi playing his flute in both hands, the third carved as He Xiangu , holding a lotus flower in her right hand, a fly-whisk in her left, her hair in a high chignon covered by a cowl, the fourth carved as Zhang Guolao , holding a fly- whisk in his right hand and a bamboo ‘fish-drum’ in his left, chips, the tallest 21,5cm high (4) R –  * This lot is not suitable for export 259 260