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 46 160 An ivory netsuke of a skull, 19th century resting next to a lizard and three tree trunks in sizes, to a shaped base, signed Masmitsu, 3 cm high ; and another of a skeleton, 19th century, folded for burial, signed, 5 cm high (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 161 An ivory okimono-netsuke of a dragon, 19th century intertwined with a warrior before an open sided box, 5,5 cm high ; and an ivory manju of a dragon, 19th century, of rounded square form, its body coiled and set upon a base of clouds, 4,3 cmwide (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 162 An ivory Okimono-netsuke of Raiden and Futen, 19th century Raiden seated before his large drum, his right hand raised, clutching an obachi , the figure of Futen climbing over the top of the drum begging to use it, to a stylised cloud base, the drum embellished with black horn bosses, Raiden and Futen with eyes inlaid, 5,2 cm high R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 163 An ivory and shibayama okimono of a Gamma Sennin, 19th century seated on the trunk of a tree, his engraved robes inlaid with mother- of-pearl, holding a toad in his left hand, another toad resting on his left shoulder, the long haired sage holding a staff in his right hand, with a further toad to the left of his right foot, the base in the form of a tree trunk, signed in a red seal reserve, 6 cm high ; and an ivory okimono of a squirrel in combat with a snake, 19th century, the snake emerging from a leaf and berry branch, coiled around the squirrel’s body, the eyes inlaid, 9 cmwide (2) R  –   *This lot is not suitable for export 160 161 162 163