Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

466 Two Chinese famille-rose vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century each baluster body with fold-over wavy rim, the shoulders moulded in relief with chilong , the neck moulded with two pairs of dogs-of-fo , the whole painted with panels of battle and court scenes enclosed by peonies, peaches and foliage above a diaper border, restorations, loss, the taller 45,5cm high (2) R  -   467 A Chinese soapstone figure of Guanyin, late 19th/ early 20th century the standing robed figure holding a ruyi sceptre, her coiffed hair in an elaborate chignon, the stone of a pale mottled cream tone, chips, wear and scratches to the base, 26cm high ; another, of a young maiden, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing figure holding a fish in her left hand, the stone of a pale mottled cream tone, chips, neck repaired, 23cm high ; and a soapstone figure of an elephant, late 19th/ early 20th century, standing on a plinth base, the stone of a pale mottled cream tone, chips, scratches, 14cm long (3) R  -   PROVENANCE The elephant purchased from the Hugh Tevis sale, ‘Monterey’, Constantia, Cape, 31 March 1952, lot 148. 468 A small Victorian walnut chest of drawers with rectangular moulded top above three long drawers on a conforming base, 28cm high, 30cmwide, 22cm deep ; six miscellaneous sewing boxes and two sewing baskets, in sizes (9) R -  469 A Chinese Export hardwood and camphor-lined chest, 20th century the rectangular hinged lid centred by script marks flanked by figures on a bridge before a riverscape and pagodas, the interior with a loose tray, the front with conforming decoration, dove-tailed sides with carved rondels, on bracket feet with later castors, cracks, 61cm high, 121cmwide, 50,5cm deep R  -   466 467 468 469 157