Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

535 A pair of Chinese brass dishes, 20th century each centre moulded with figures within a key-fret border enclosed by a pair of dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the reverse with a pair of dragons and script, 26cm diameter ; a miscellaneous group of brass and multi-coloured enamelled wares, including seven bowls, in sizes, the tallest 8cm high ; a pair of ashtrays in the form of shoes, each 9cm long ; a pair of brass ashtrays, each inlaid with a Chinese coin, 9cm diameter ; a Chinese brass pedestal dish, 20th century, 15cm diameter ; and a brass dinner gong, 20th century, the later circular gong engraved with the image of ‘Jenny Jones’, suspended from an arch engraved with key-fret decoration, set on a rectangular oak base, later mallet, 24,5cm high (15) R -   536 Five Chinese coloured ink on silk concertina books, early 20th century comprising: ‘The Twenty four cases of Filial Piety’, ‘The Story of Rice and The Story of the flavour of Tea’, ‘The Story of Chinese Fashion’, ‘Biographies of Twelve Chinese Great Scholars’and ‘The Eight Fairies Festival’, each with fruitwood cover carved and stained with characters (5) R  -   537 A Tabriz carpet, Iran, circa 1950 condition: some wear, 325 by 200cm R  -   538 Various A quantity of miscellaneous books on Film, Music, Manuals, DIY and others (Qty) R –  539 A Regency mahogany breakfast table the rectangular top above a reeded rim, on a tapering column with lotus-carved socle, on four hipped outswept reeded legs terminating in brass caps and castors, loss and crack to reeding, 75,5cm high, 137cmwide, 104,5cm deep R  -   535 539 536 537 174