Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

28 A Chinese Export ebonised, hardwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid table screen, late 19th century the rectangular plate within a conforming frame inlaid with prunus blossoms and birds amongst flowering vines, the reverse set with a silk panel embroidered with birds and pine trees, blossoms and a lake, between scrolled supports, the stand similarly inlaid, 89,5cm high, 60cm wide, 22,5cm deep R  -   27 28 27 A Chinese Export hardwood, dream stone and mother-of-pearl inlaid suite, 20th century comprising: a half-moon table, four armchairs, a pair of side tables, and a frame, each chair with pierced back inlaid with foliage and flower-fillled vases centred by a marble dream stone enclosed by a moulded frame inlaid with ten bats and shou symbols, panelled seat, with scrolling openwork arms, shaped pierced apron, on dragon-headed square-section legs joined by a shaped box-stretcher, on ball and claw feet, with later castors, the half-moon table 89,5cm high, 122cmwide, 56cm deep (8) R  -   This lot appears in photographs of Harcroft, Perak, during Charles and Muriel Rycroft’s occupancy post 1945. 28