Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

448 Two Chinese famille-rose plates, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the first decorated with seven courtiers in an interior bearing gifts to an overlord enclosed by a border decorated with beetles, grasshoppers, birds, squirrels, snakes, butterflies and fruit, the second with two figures astride their horses with attendants before a riverscape with two figures and their sampans, enclosed by four rondels of goldfish, peonies and brocaded panels, each 24,5cm diameter ; a Chinese famille-rose covered box, 19th/20th century, 13,2cmwide ; and a Chinese famille-rose vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, decorated with panels of figures at various pursuits, the shoulders with gilt chilong, height reduced, 21,5cm high (4) R  -   449 A Chinese cloisonné bowl, Qing Dynasty, 18th/ 19th century ovoid, the interior centred by Buddhist emblems within a lappet border, the body with flowerheads and scrolling foliage against a turquoise ground, the lip with metal border, the exterior enamelled with four dogs-of-fo playing with brocaded balls and ribbons, raised on a circular foot, split, dents, losses, pitting, with a later stand, 21,8cm diameter ; and a Japanese cloisonné bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912, circular with lightly everted rim, the interior centred by a leaping carp amongst waves, enclosed by flowerheads and a lappet border, the body enamelled with ruyi ’s, the lip with a flowerhead and foliate band, the rim with a metal band, raised on a circular foot, dents, losses, restorations, with later stand, 20cm diameter (2) R  -   450 A pair of Chinese enamelled dishes, early 20th century each enamelled with a pale green-glazed dragon clasping a flaming pearl in its claw enclosed by three further rondels, each painted with a dragon and phoenix contesting a flaming pearl, enclosed by pink, yellow and green enamel, fruit and foliage, the reverse with three iron-red bats, chips, iron-red six-character mark, 18,5cm diameter ; and a Chinese famille-rose dish, early 20th century, the centre enamelled with two flower-filled vases enclosed by foliate and cell-diaper bands, the reverse with iron-red lotus blooms and scrolling foliage, iron-red six-character mark, 24,5cm diameter (3) R  -   451 A pair of Chinese sang-de-boeuf and gilt-metal mounted vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century each baluster shaped, with flared rim, with later gilt brass mounts, one collar loose, drilled, 81,7cm high (2) R  - R  448 449 450 451 151