Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

32 34 33 32 A pair of Chinese famille-noire vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century each four sided tapering body with flared neck and rim, moulded in high relief with four crowned figures, each holding his attribute against a mottled green and black ground, the shoulders with foliate lappets, the neck painted with a continuous river and mountainscape with figures in the foreground, one neck repaired, one vase glued to a wooden base, 77cm high including base (2) R  -   33 A Chinese embroidered silk panel, late 19th/early 20th century stitched with a pair of peacocks before flowering bamboo, with three smaller birds in mid-flight, framed, 126,5 by 123,5cm excluding frame R  -   34 A pair of large Japanese cloisonné vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912 each baluster body enamelled with sprays of chrysanthemums below wisteria against a dark blue ground, the rims with lappet borders, bruises to enamel, drilled to a fixed stepped plinth base, raised on later castors, 124cm high excluding base (2) R  -   31