Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

452 A pair of Italian ebonised and ivory inlaid side chairs, in the manner of Ferdinand Pogliani, Milan, 19th century each with shaped and backward sloping back centred by figural panels enclosed by four mask cartouches and panels of scrollwork, stuff-over seat, on block and turned legs inlaid with alternating panels enclosing satyr masks and foliate designs, joined by turned front-, back- and H-stretchers, distress, restorations (2) R  -   *This lot is not suitable for export 453 A French ebonised, gilt-metal mounted and marble-topped jardinière, 19th century the rectangular-shaped top inset with an associated raised octagonal red-veined marble top, moulded acanthus-leaf border above a gilt-metal frieze with applied masks and ‘Sèvres’style cartouches, the sides applied with lion-mask mounts, on cabriole legs mounted with sabots, on metal-mounted cloven hoof feet, 89cm high, 104cmwide, 64cm deep R  -   454 A Chinese rootwood carving of a reclining bearded monk, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century with expressive face, his head resting against his left hand, the gnarled natural wood forming his attire and feet, on a conforming base, minor loss, 33,5cm long including base R  -   455 A Chinese hardwood carving of Shao lao and children, 20th century the standing Immortal holding a staff in his left hand and a blossoming peach branch in his right hand, with two small children below, one astride a deer and holding a box aloft, the other holding the peach branch and proffering a small bird to the Immortal, standing on a rocky outcrop, paper label ‘Made in China’, 45,5cm high R  -   452 453 454 455 152