Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

THE ANDREW NEWALL COLLECTION LOTS 1-164 26 66 A Chinese mottled celadon jade censor and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the shoulders carved with a pair of dragon mask-and-ring handles, raised on three mask-headed paw feet, the domed cover with three taotie mask-and-ring handles, headed by a writhing dragon finial, the stone with brown inclusions, minor chip, 14cm high R6 000 - 8 000 67 A Chinese dark spinach-green jade square seal, Republic period the seal of square section form, surmounted by a pair of horned, open-mouthed fierce five-clawed dragons carved with scaly bodies, the sides with Tibetan and Chinese archaic script, bearing a four-character seal mark to the side of the base, the base with seal mark, 11cm high, 10,5cmwide , on a stepped wood carved base, raised on low bracket feet, 22cm square R25 000 - 30 000 cf. Dreweatts Donnington Priory Salerooms, 27 June 2012, lot 106 for a comparable example. 68 A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze figure of Guanyin, Ming Dynasty, 1636-1644 seated in dhyanasana wearing flowing robes with incised scrolling lotus bands, with an elaborate necklace, the left hand in dhyana- mudra , the right hand raised, with serene expression below an elaborate pierced and foliate crown, with braided hair falling over the shoulders, 16,8cm high ; and another, similar but smaller, the right hand raised holding a lotus tendril, the left hand supporting a vessel, the elaborate crown incorporating Amitabha Buddha , some loss to the crown, 9,5cm high (2) R20 000 - 30 000 66 67 68