Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

THE DR JR AND MARY STRONG COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART LOTS 52–109 32 99 A Chinese root amber snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty of ovoid form, raised on a low oval foot, with metal-mounted jade stopper, 7 cm high ; and a Chinese aventurine-splashed glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, the flattened ovoid body with copper- coloured splashes against a black ground, stopper, 6,7 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 100 A Chinese cameo agate snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty of rounded form, the front carved in relief with a lion, bat and ruyi- head, stopper, lacking snuff spoon, 6,8 cm high ; and a Chinese agate snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, of rounded form, carved in relief with figures sailing in sampans on a riverscape, the mottled stone with brown inclusions, stopper, 8,4 cm high (2) R  –   101 A Chinese smokey quartz crystal double snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty each ribbed body terminating in faux -coral stoppers, 6 cm high ; and a Chinese quartz snuff bottle in the form of a double gourd, late Qing Dynasty, the front carved with a peony tree, a rocky outcrop and a bird in flight, the reverse with foliage and a butterfly, the stone of brown tone, coral stopper, 7 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 102 A Chinese ‘shadow’ agate snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty of flattened ovoid form, the semi- translucent stone highlighted with mottled brown patterns, metal- mounted coral stopper, damage to stopper, 8,1 cm high ; and a Chinese ‘shadow’agate snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, of flattened form, the semi- translucent stone highlighted with mottled brown patterns, stopper, 7,3 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 99 100 101 102