Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

THE DR JR AND MARY STRONG COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART LOTS 121–167 40 136 A wood netsuke of a tengu , 19th century mixing miso with its nose, the wood with mid-brown patina unsigned, 3,7 cm high ; and a wood netsuke of an Oni , 19th century, squatting before a pan of mochi , the wood with light-brown patina, signed in a foliate reserve, 3,5 cm high (2) R  –   134 A wood and ivory netsuke of a Kyogen dancer, 19th century wearing the ivory mask of Hyottoko , with bulging eye and twisted mouth, his hands behind his back, signed Hogetsu, 4 cm high ; another, of a blind man, 19th century, standing holding his finding staff, with articulated ivory head, 5,8 cm high ; and a wood netsuke of mokugyo (wooden drum), with double dragon’s heads handle above clouds, 3,5 cm high , all with pale-brown patina (3) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 135 A wood figure netsuke of a fisher-girl and an octopus, 19th century the girl holding the amorous octopus by its nose, its tentacles wrapped around her back and over her knee, 4 cm high ; a lacquered and painted netsuke of an Oni , 19th century, seated next to a drum, his head resting on his right hand, gilt highlights, 2,8 cm high , and a wood netsuke of a sculptor, 19th century carving the head of a Ni-O temple guardian, signed Toshiyuki , 1,9 cm high (3) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export