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 42 143 A wood figure netsuke, 19th century standing holding a vessel filled with mochi in his right hand, one foot with chip, 5,2 cm high ; a wood netsuke of a Karako (Chinese child), 19th century, seated with his right index finger pointing to his eye, his left arm behind his back holding a mask in his hand of Usobuki (fibber) with typical pursed lips, 3 cm high ; and a wood figure netsuke, 19th century, seated, the part-robed smiling figure holding a bottle vase in both hands, 3 cm high , each with mid-brown patina (3) R  –   141 A wood Noh mask netsuke of O-Beshi-Mi, 19th century with inset mother-of-pearl eyes, signed Deme Josei, 3,8 cm high ; another, of Tengu, 19th century, 4,5 cm high ; and another, of Maijo, 4 cm high, all with mid-brown patina (3) R  –   142 A wood netsuke of Kinko Sennin astride a carp, 19th century the figure with his right arm raised to his forehead, his left hand resting on the carp’s head, dark-brown patina, signed Ichichiku, paper label inscribed 1229, 3 cm high ; and another, of Tekkai Sennin, 19th century, the standing Daoist immortal with his body supported on a crutch, signed Miwa, 8,4 c m (2) R  –  