Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

96 261 A Chinese ivory brushpot, Canton, 19th century the cylindrical body carved with contesting dragons and scrolling clouds on a foliate ground, above a carved foliate and floral border, 19cm high, 9,5cmwide R –  * This lot is not suitable for export 262 A Chinese ivory card case, 19th century carved with figures at leisure in a terraced garden before pavilions amongst pine, blossom, prunus and willow trees, the detachable cover similarly carved, 10,9cm high R –  * This lot is not suitable for export 263 A Victorian silver letter opener, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1887, fitted with a Japanese ivory handle, Meiji Period, 1868-1912 the handle carved with a monkey and a bat-eared rat contesting a persimmon, signed R –  * This lot is not suitable for export 264 A Japanese ivory okimono of Momotaro, Meiji Period, 1868-1912 carved with Momotaro being carried in a palanquin by a pair of oni to the front and the reverse, flanked by his three kerai , the rooster, monkey and dog, each dressed as a samurai , to an oval base, hairline cracks, signed, 5,5cm high R –  * This lot is not suitable for export 261 262 263