Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

36 112 A Japanese silver bowl, Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, circa 1900 circular, moulded in relief with irises and foliage emerging from water, engraved ‘SAMURAI SHOKAI, YOKOHAMA’, 34 cm diameter, 2530g R  –   113 A Japanese blue and white Arita VOC bowl, late 17th century the central rondel painted with the VOC monogram enclosed by a double blue-line border, the body painted in a continuous frieze of stylised foliage and camellia blossoms between further blue-line borders, rivets, restorations, chips and hairline cracks, 23,5 cm diameter R  –   LITERATURE c.f. C.S. Woodward (1974) Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1795 , Cape Town, A.A. Balkema. A similar example is illustrated on page 66, numbers 95 and 96. 114 A pair of Japanese blue and white tokoro, 18th century the moulded five-panelled sides loosely painted with floral sprays, the shoulder with five medallions painted with Buddist emblems, the shortened neck with zigzag band, 25 cm high (2) R  –   115 A Japanese blue and white dish, early 18th century the centre painted with a two- handled vase of flowers, enclosed by eight radiating panels of peonies and foliage, the reverse loosely painted with two sprays of flowers and blue- line borders, 32,8 cm diameter R  –   112 113 114 115 detail