Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

53 54 55 56 53 A gilt painted and white marble figure of Buddha, Burma, 19th/20th century seated in dhyanasana on a carved lotus throne, wearing a dhoti , the hands in bhumisparsha mudra , with serene expression, elongated earlobes, his hair forming a ushnisha , chips, loss, re-gilded, 44cm high ; and an Indian marble figure of Gayatri , 19th century, seated in dhyanasana , the four-armed five-headed figure with gilt highlights, raised on a rectangular base, re-painted and re- gilded, 19cm high, with a later base (2) R  -   54 A Chinese ivory ‘champion’ vase and cover the sides of the double cylindrical body applied with a pair of carved dragon- and-ring handles, the front carved with taotie mask-and-ring handle, accented with cabochon-cut turquoise stone bosses, the reverse carved with contesting dragons before fret-key borders, the conjoined covers united by a pair of contesting dragons, 46,5cm high R  -   *This lot is not suitable for export Purchased 20 January 1981 from P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd, ‘Works of Art’, Peninsula Hotel, Mezzanine Shop ML – 7., West Arcade, Ground Floor, Shop No.8, Kowloon, Hong Kong and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity 55 A Chinese Export hardwood and camphor-lined chest, 20th century the hinged domed cover carved with a pair of three-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl surrounded stylised clouds, the interior with a compartment and loose carrying tray, the front and sides similarly carved, on cabriole legs and claw feet, with later castors, distress, 67cm high, 104cmwide, 53cm deep R  -   PROVENANCE Sold: Sotheby’s Cape Town, The Contents of Nederberg, 19th and 20th April, 1982, lot 125 56 A Chinese carved teak fall-front bureau, 20th century the rectangular top above a carved fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with a pair of frieze drawers below, on carved figural terms joined by a pierced and carved H-shaped stretcher, on scroll feet with later castors, 113cm high, 95cmwide, 40cm deep R  -   38