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 44 150 An ivory netsuke of a Dutchman, late 18th century standing, holding his beard in his left hand, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, his coat with horn buttons, engraved leggings, 7 cm high R – *This lot is not suitable for export 151 A stag antler netsuke of a Dutchman, 18th century the standing robed figure holding a rooster, 5,2 cm high R – 152 A marine ivory netsuke of Okame, 19th century standing, the robed figure clasping the stem of a phallic mushroom, 6,5 cm high ; and an ivory figure of a monkey, 19th century, the long-legged animal standing on a circular base, signed, 6 cm high (2) R – *This lot is not suitable for export 153 A staghorn netsuke of the Chinese General Guan Yu, 18th/19th century holding his moustache in his left hand and a ceremonial sword in his right, 8 cm high R – *This lot is not suitable for export 154 An ivory netsuke figure of a Sarumawashi, 19th century standing, the laughing figure holding one end of a rope, with his monkey sitting on his left shoulder clutching the other end, 7 cm high ; and an ivory okimono-netsuke of a traveller, 19th century, the figure with a wicker trunk on his back, flanked by his sparrow-headed children, his left hand holding a staff with one child holding a bundle in its left hand, oval shaped base, signed in a red lacquer reserve, 4,2 cm high (2) R – *This lot is not suitable for export 155 An ivory netsuke of an Oni , 19th century the kneeling figure with three drums on its back, holding chopsticks in its right hand and a bowl of mochi in its left, enticing an Inari fox to eat the rice on a straw mat, the fox partly out of its abode, signed, 3 cm high ; and another, 19th century, its left hand clenched before its face, its right hand resting on a drum, its crossed legs forming the himotoshi , 3,5 cm high (2) R – *This lot is not suitable for export 150 151 152 153 154 155
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