Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

103 A Chinese carved ivory vessel and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the pear-shaped body raised on a short foot carved with a key-fret band, the body carved in low relief with kui dragons and taotie masks against a leiwen ground, the sides carved in high relief with dragon flanges, the shoulders carved with dragon masks, each supporting a chain and double-dragon handle, the cover similarly carved with dome-shaped finial flanked by carved flanges, the whole heightened with staining, cabochon-cut coral and turquoise beads, on a conforming stepped hardwood stand inlaid with silver wirework decoration, 50,5cm high including stand 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 104 A tall Japanese ivory okimono of a fisherman, Meiji period, 1868-1912 standing in waraji , wearing a straw apron over his finely engraved tunic, his right hand holding a fishing spear, a net draped over the left side of his body, with a gourd and basket to the side, two fish and a crab at his feet, on an engraved oval base carved with tree stumps, repairs, 39,5cm high R  -   *This lot is not suitable for export 105 A Chinese carved ivory panel, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the curved panel finely carved in high relief with sages, scholars and small boys at various pursuits before a riverscape, rocky outcrops and a pavillion surrounded by bamboo, pine and wutong trees, before a mountainous landscape, 29,4cm high R  -   *This lot is not suitable for export 103 104 105 51