Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

136 136 A Balinese carved hardwood bust of a woman wearing traditional headdress, her neck adorned with a foliate necklace, her shoulder and bust carved with geometric bands, crack, 60cm high, on an associated petal shaped ebonised wooden stand, 8cm high, 33cmwide ; and three Balinese carved hardwood busts, each with traditional head attire, restoration, cracks, the taller 30,5cm high (4) R  -   137 A Chinese Export teak cabinet, 20th century the rectangular moulded top above a pair of panelled doors, each centred by a shaped cartouche carved with pine trees and junks on a river, enclosing six drawers, three graduated long drawers below, with panelled sides, on mask headed legs and claw-and-ball feet, restoration, crack, 115cm high, 91cmwide, 45,5cm deep R  -   This lot appears in photographs of Harcroft, Perak during Charles and Muriel Rycroft’s occupancy post 1945 138 Hyde, HM Cases That Changed the Law William Heineman, London, 1951 and various books of similar interest including Dictionaries, Medical, Law, Finance, Philosophy and Religion (Qty) R -   139 Maugham, WS The Complete Short Stories William Heinemann, London, 1953 and various books of similar interest, including Thrillers, Murder Trials and short stories. (Qty) R  -   140 Cooper, D Toulouse-Lautrec Thames and Hudson, London, 1955 and various books of similar interest, including Art, Decorative Arts, Africana, Clocks and Watches, and Heraldry (Qty) R  -   141 Pope, JP Oriental Ceramic Society: The History of Ming Porcelain Drydens Printers, London, 1972, eleven volumes of Transactions of Oriental Ceramic Society and various books of similar interest (Qty) R  -   142 Cooper, D The Second World War Jonathan Cape, London, 1939 and various books of similar interest (Qty) R  -   143 Durell, L The Best of Gerald Durrell Harper Collins, London, 1996 and various books of a similar interest, including Transport, Animals and Non- fiction.(Qty) R  -   144 Various authors The Select Poetry of Sir Walter Scott, Bart Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1857, Volumes I - IV and various books of similar interest (Qty) R  -   145 Caselot, A Marie Antoinette Valentine Mitchell, London, 1957 and various books of similar interest, including Biographies and Autobiographies (Qty) R  -   137 61