Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

98 268 A Japanese Arita blue and white vase, late 17th/early 18th century baluster with shortened neck, painted with a continuous frieze of sprays of flowers before rocky outcrops, the shoulder with a band of stylised petals, the neck with geometric motifs, 27,5cm high R –  269 A Japanese Arita barber’s bowl, Edo period, 18th century the bowl painted in underglaze-blue with foliage before a balustrade enclosed by a lappet border, the everted rim with crescent-shaped aperture and a pair of holes, highlighted in orange and gilt flowerheads and geometric motifs, the reverse with sprays of blossom, restorations, underglaze-blue ring mark, 27,5cm diameter R –  270 A Japanese Arita dish, Edo period, 18th century circular, the rim painted in underglaze-blue with three lobed medallions enclosing a landscape with dwellings and rocky outcrops, the centre painted with a vase of flowers and pines before a balustrade within a double blue-line border, the body highlighted in the Imari palette with orange and gilt, the rim enamelled with flowerheads, pomegranates and scrolling foliage, the reverse with sprays of flowers, the footrim with underglaze-blue ring mark, 30,5cm diameter R –  271 A Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912 the ovoid body painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with figures of Buddhist Arhats, the neck decorated with mon to a stylised geometric ground, 30cm high R –  268 269 270 271