Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

THE ANDREW NEWALL COLLECTION LOTS 1-164 49 152 A pair of large Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912 of tapering ovoid form, each decorated with rectangular panels depicting figures participating in the parade of Yamaboko Junko in Gion in Kyoto , one of the most famous festivals in Japan, including attendants pulling an elaborate palanquin, the upper balcony with a pair of courtiers serenaded by flautists before a misty landscape, the reverse decorated with a rocky seascape, with figures in the foreground crossing a bridge, further figures collecting shells on the beach before a mountainscape, enclosed by a blue-ground highlighted with chrysanthemums, the shoulders with further chrysanthemums and mon , the whole with Greek-key, zig-zag and brocade borders, hairline crack, signed Nambe?, 30,5cm high (2) R20 000 - 30 000 153 A Japanese Satsuma reticulated vessel and cover, Kyoto Ryozan, Meiji period, 1868-1912 finely painted and enamelled with two shaped panels, the first with two bijin and their young attendants being served tea, enjoying the cherry blossom viewing before a river and mountainscape, the second with five children playing before a courtier and her attendants, the shoulder with a brocaded collar enamelled with flowerheads and diaper motifs, the cover with a chrysanthemum bud finial, firing fault to base, signed in gilt against a red reserve, Kyoto Ryozan, 14,5cm high R25 000 - 30 000 154 A large Japanese Satsuma bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912 with shaped barbed rim, the centre enamelled with ten arhats and a young attendant enclosed by a brocaded border highlighted with fan-shaped panels of birds, gilded mon , horses and sprays of cherry blossom, the reverse similarly decorated with three panels of scholars, sages and courtiers divided by fan- shaped panels, some wear to the gilding, 35cmwide R12 000 - 15 000 155 A Japanese Satsuma koro, Meiji period, 1868-1912 square with slightly in-curved feet, the body decorated with alternating panels of bijin before a rocky landscape with cherry blossom, samurai before a mountainous landscape and arhats , enclosed by foliate and brocaded borders, the cover pierced with three heart-shaped apertures surmounted by a shi-shi finial, the base with gilded mon, signed Satsuma mark, 13,5cm high R8 000 - 10 000 152 153 154 155