Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

20 39 A Chinese blue and white bowl, Guangxu mark and period, 1875-1908 the rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted with sprays of foliage, chrysanthemums and peonies between blue-line borders, underglaze-blue six-character mark, 19,3 cm diameter R  –   40 A Chinese blue and white jardinière, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century the heavily potted rounded sides painted with a pair of dragons amongst peonies, chrysanthemums and foliage between lappet and ruyi -head bands, the everted rim with prunus flowerheads, hairline crack to base, 25 cm high R  –   41 A large Chinese underglaze- blue and copper-red glazed bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century the ovoid body decorated with three goats, a deer and a phoenix viewing the moon before pine trees and rocky outcrops, the shoulder with a lappet and foliate band, the neck with stiff- leaf decoration, 42 cm high R  –   42 A Chinese yellow sgraffiato ground and faux-bois bowl, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the ogee-shaped body finely incised with feathery arabesques, enamelled in pink and shades of green with peonies, the interior painted in brown tones imitating wood, apocryphal underglaze-blue six-character Qianlong mark, 20,8 cm diameter R  –   43 A large Chinese yellow- ground famille-verte jar and cover, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century the tapering ovoid body enamelled in shades of green and aubergine with a pair of opposing phoenixes before a rocky outcrop, birds in flight, butterflies and flowerheads, the shoulder decorated with a cell-diaper border with alternating medallions of Buddhist emblems, the domed cover decorated with butterflies and sprays of peonies, 41,5 cm high R  –   39 40 41 42 43