Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

193 A Chinese wucai vase, Shunzhi, Qing Dynasty, 17th century baluster, decorated with a young boy holding a ruyi -head sceptre astride a kylin with four small boy attendants each holding a standard before a balustraded ground, the foreground with rocky outcrops and ‘The Three Friends’, 18cm high ; and a Chinese wucai ‘Buddhist lion’ vase, Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century, baluster, decorated with a pair of Buddhist lions amongst scrolling peonies, the neck with a lappet border, 18cm high (2) R15 000 - 18 000 194 A Chinese wucai jar, Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century the baluster body loosely decorated with phoenix interspersed with large peonies, the shoulder with peonies and foliage, the neck rim with iron-red dash borders between blue-lines, raised on an unglazed foot, chips, hairline cracks, 16,5cm high R7 000 - 9 000 195 A Chinese famille-rose gilt- metal-mounted bowl and cover, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 the ovoid body enamelled with peonies and vases with lotus blooms, scholar’s scrolls, books and tables, the rim with pink and brown foliate borders highlighted with peony heads, the cover similarly decorated and applied with a cockerel finial on a pierced rocky outcrop, hairline cracks, 26,5cm high R7 000 - 9 000 196 A pair of Chinese famille-rose dishes, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 each centre decorated with a pair of kylins contesting two ribboned balls, the cavetto decorated en grisaille, overpainted with iron-red and gilt flowerheads, the rim enamelled with lilies, peonies and melons, with a café au lait band with gilt scrollwork, firing faults, the reverse with retailer’s paper label, the larger 38,5cm diameter (2) R15 000 - 20 000 192 193 194 195 196 59