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 33 103 Two Chinese shagreen snuff bottles, late Qing Dynasty the first with flattened ovoid body, turquoise and coral stopper, 6 cm high ; the second with flattened ovoid body, agate stopper, dents, 5,7 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 104 A Japanese lac burgauté snuff bottle, Meiji period, 1868-1912 of flattened ovoid form, the black lacquer ground set with minute mother-of-pearl and gold-foil tiles forming a chrysanthemum to the centre, with similarly decorated stopper, two-character mark, 5,7 cm high R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 105 A Chinese pink tourmaline snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty carved as a seated Qilin with its front paws resting on a brocade ball tied with a ribbon, the stopper carved as a pup, minor chips, 5,9 cm high ; a Chinese lapis lazuli snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, the flattened ovoid body carved with a bird and leafy branch to the front, stopper, repair to snuff spoon, 5,2 cm high ; and a Chinese amethyst snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, the bulbous body carved with a pair of mask-headed ring-handles, stopper, 5,3 cm high (3) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 106 Four Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, late Qing Dynasty the front of the first painted with sprays of flowers, foliage and a butterfly, the reverse painted with a mountainscape and waterfalls, stopper, 7,1 cm high ; the front of the second painted with peonies, foliage and a kingfisher, the reverse with pavilions before a mountainscape, stopper, damage to snuff spoon, 7,2 cm high ; the front of the third painted with a sage holding a tablet before a small boy, the reverse with a riverscape, stopper, 7,5 cm high ; and the fourth painted with a continuous frieze of the Eight Horses of Wang Mu, with tiger’s eye stopper, 7,6 cm high (4) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 103 104 105 106