Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

THE ANDREW NEWALL COLLECTION LOTS 1-164 33 90 A Chinese carved bamboo brushpot, Bitong, 19th century oval, the vessel carved with a sinuous serpent revealed in shaped cartouches, viewed by a praying mantis, a frog and various insects, the whole incorporating three shaped feet, two-character incised seal mark, 13,6cm high R8 000 - 10 000 91 A Chinese cinnabar lacquer box and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century circular, the cover carved with two scholars holding their attributes before a rocky landscape and a pine tree, against an intricately carved key-fret and diamond diaper ground, raised on a low foot, the interior and base with black lacquer, minute chipping to the lacquer, 12cm diameter, remnants of a paper label, Fook Wen* No 3 ; and another, smaller, the cover carved with a figure before a mountainous landscape, enclosed by peony borders against a carved key-fret ground, the interior and base with black lacquer, minute chipping to the lacquer, 8,3cm diameter (2) R5 000 - 7 000 92 A large Chinese lacquer tray, Jiaqing period, 1796-1820 rectangular, carved with four scholars and their two attendants before a rocky landscape and gnarled pine and wutong trees, against a flowerhead, diamond and fret-key diaper ground, the four sides carved with shaped cartouches enclosing blossom and foliage against a diaper ground, the reverse similarly carved with a deep foliate border, with black lacquer base, lacking four short feet, some chips and restoration to the rims, 37,8cmwide R12 000 - 15 000 93 A Chinese huanghuali barrel-form stool, Qing Dynasty, 19th century with moulded recessed circular top above a shaped apron carved with five dragons, on five curved supports each carved with a further dragon, united by shaped stretchers, raised on bracket feet, 47cmhigh R20 000 - 25 000 90 91 92 93