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 43 144 An ivory netsuke of a monkey, 19th century seated, clasping his knees, dressed as a courtier in an eboshi hat, his robes engraved and stained with a crane and sprays of foliage, holding an ogi in his left hand and ginko nuts in his right, with inlaid eyes, 4 cm high R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 145 A walrus ivory netsuke of mushrooms, 19th century carved as a cluster of nine fungi of differing sizes joined at their stalks to form the himotoshi , heightened with staining, 2,5 cm high R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 146 An ivory netsuke of a reveller and his attendant, 19th century the figures enclosed by the leaves of an open book, the reveller lying on his back with his right leg resting on his left thigh, his attendant pouring sake into a vessel held in the recumbant’s right hand, signed Shunzan, 4,2 cmwide R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 147 An ivory netsuke of a tiger, 19th century lying with its body turned to the left, its head resting on its forepaws and its tail curled over its left flank, the pupils inlaid, 2 cm high R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 148 An ivory netsuke of two puppies playing, 19th century realistically rendered, heightened with staining, with inlaid eyes, signed with kakihan in a reserve, 2 cm high R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 149 An ivory netsuke of a goat, 19th century its forelegs bent and its hind legs drawn in, heightened with staining, the eyes inlaid, 2,5 cm high ; and an ivory netsuke of a cockerel, 19th century, the eyes inlaid, 4 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 144 145 146 147 148 149