Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town
16 18 A Chinese Jian ‘hare’s fur’ tea bowl, Song Dynasty, 12th/13th century the tapering sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered in a black iron-rich glaze, with brown streaks to the interior and exterior, the glaze stopping short of the foot, firing faults and chip to the foot, 6,7 cm high R – 19 A blue and white ‘Swatow’ Zhangzhou dish, 17th century the centre painted with a stylised flower enclosed by triple blue-line borders, meandering flowers and foliage, the reverse with a zig-zag border, rim chips, 34,5 cm diameter R – 20 A Chinese blue and white ‘Phoenix-tail’ vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722 the baluster body with trumpet shaped neck, painted with shaped panels enclosing floral and figural landscape vignettes, the waist moulded and painted with a chevron-patterned border, the flared rim similarly decorated firing faults, chips, 48,5 cm high R – 21 A Chinese blue and white jar, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722 the ovoid body decorated with four leaf-shaped panels with scholars’attributes, pagodas and a courtier before a walled garden, enclosed by double sprays of flowers between foliate and blue- line borders, underglaze-blue double-ring mark, 25,5 cm high R – 22 A Chinese powder-blue-ground and gilt bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 18th/early 19th century the tapering sides painted with peonies, prunus and rocky outcrops in gilt to a powder-blue-ground, the centre enamelled in shades of pink, green and orange with gourds and flowerheads enclosed by scrolling foliage, chips, stylised underglaze-blue six- character mark, 9,8 cm high R – 23 A Chinese Export ‘Imari’ cuspidor, Qing Dynasty, 18th century the bulbous body painted with peonies, bamboo and Buddhist emblems between a double blue-line border, the flared lip with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, sienna-glazed rim, the side applied with a scroll handle painted with stylised foliage, restored, 11,2 cm high R – 18 19 20 21 22 23
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