Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

19 34 A pair of Chinese Export blue and white dishes, Qing Dynasty, 18th century each circular with lobed rim, the centre painted with pavilions before rocky outcrops, bridges and a riverscape, enclosed by a cell-diaper border, the rim with foliate, scroll and cell-and-diaper border with alternating butterflies and key-fret motifs, raised on a circular foot, chips, 24,4 cm diameter (2) R  –   35 A Chinese Export blue and white oval dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century the centre painted with pavilions and pagodas before rocky outcrops in a riverscape, the foreground painted with a figure on a bridge, the cavetto and rim with cell-diaper and spearhead borders, 30 cmwide ; and another, 19th century, the wavy oval body painted with pagodas and a riverscape, the cavetto and rim with wave and blue-dash borders, 26,5 cm wide (2) R  –   36 A Chinese Export blue and white rectangular dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century with canted corners, the centre painted with a pavilion before a walled garden, surrounded by a riverscape with further small boat houses and rocky outcrops, the rim with cell-diaper and blue-dash borders, 31,2 cmwide; and another example, similar but smaller, 27,5 cmwide (2) R  –   37 A Chinese Export blue and white rectangular dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century with wavy rim, the centre painted with pavilions, pine trees and rocky outcrops before a riverscape, the foreground with figures on a bridge, the rim with cell-diaper, ruyi -head and butterfly border, fritting chips, firing faults to the reverse, 43 cmwide R  –   38 A Chinese Export blue and white rectangular dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century with canted corners, the centre painted with a temple in the foreground, dwellings and a boat house in the distance before a riverscape with rocky outcrops, the cavetto and rim with cell-diaper and spearhead borders, fritting chips, 41 cmwide R  –   34 35 36 37 38