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 41 137 A wood netsuke of a disappointed rat catcher, mid 19th century the crouching half-naked figure pressing down a trap with both hands and crying out as a rat escapes over his back, his teeth of marine ivory, signed Gyokko (Gyokkosai) , 3,5 cm high ; and a root wood netsuke, 19th century, the open centre carved with a fox, its pupils inlaid, pale- brown patina, 3,2 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 138 A wood netsuke group of ‘The Sambo Kojin’, 19th century the woman on horseback holding a pipe and tobacco pouch, her two children in side panniers, her husband leading the horse over a bamboo bridge, dark-brown patina, signed Kogyoku, 4,4 cm high R  –   139 A wood Noh mask netsuke of Hannya, late 18th/early 19th century carved with mouth agape, signed with Kakihan, 6 cm high ; and another, of seven Noh masks, 19th century, including Okina, Hannya, Ko-omote, Shio-fuki, Okame, 4,8 cm high (2) R  –   140 A wood netsuke of a father and baby, 19th century seated, cradling the swaddled baby, 4 cm high ; a wood netsuke of a man trimming his beard, 19th century, seated, holding his beard in his left hand whilst he trims it with his right, 3,7 cm high , and a wood netsuke of a sennin, 19th century, the bearded figure holding a bloom, 5,7 cm high , all with mid-brown patina (3) R  –   137 138 139 140