Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

437 A near pair of Chinese silk panels, Qing Dynasty, 19th century stitched with two floral medallions each enclosing four butterflies and five pumpkins, with wave and ruyi design headed by a flaming pearl within a flowerhead and butterfly border, unexamined out of the frame, 148 by 45cm ; the other, similar, framed, unglazed, faded, holes to frame, 111 by 49cm (2) R  -   438 A large Chinese famille-rose vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the bulbous body enamelled with alternating shaped panels, the first enclosing the Eight Immortals, the second with maiden attendants, a prancing horse and further standard- bearing attendants, and two painted with birds, blossoms, and a flower-filled jardinière, enclosed by a ‘millefleur’ ground, the neck with further panels of Buddhist objects and flower-filled vases, the rim with cell-diaper and foliate borders, chips, 81cm high R  -   439 A George III japanned chinoiserie longcase clock, Joseph Grey, Durham, circa 1780 29,5cm bronze dial with chapter ring with Roman hour numerals and Arabic minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with spandrels to the corners, a moon phase in the arch and inscribed Joseph Grey, Durham , the five-pillar movement with anchor escapement striking the full hour on a bell, the hood with outswept cornice, an arched glazed door below flanked by columns, the sides with glazed panels encased in floral and foliate trailing designs, a four-clawed dragon above in a gilt cartouche, the trunk with an arched panelled door depicting figures at various pursuits amongst pagodas interspersed with blossoms, foliage, birds and pine trees, the sides depicting birds amongst trailing foliage and blossoms, on a stepped plinth base with two figures before a riverscape with two cranes to their right and a pine tree to their left, the sides similarly decorated, 208cm high R  -   437 438 439 148