Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

215 217 215 A pair of burrwood, rosewood, satinwood and inlaid ebonised side tables, retailed by BANGKOK FURNISHING COMPANY, PENANG, 20th century each circular top centred by a flowerhead, the apron with fret-key border, on a stepped and faceted column, raised on a faceted tapering base, on bracket feet, stringing throughout, a composite label adhered to the underside ‘BANGKOK FURNISHING COMPANY, PENANG’, 60,5cm high, 40cmwide (2) R  -   *This lot is not suitable for export 216 A Chinese carved ivory two-handled vase and cover, 20th century the body carved with a continuous scene of figures at various pursuits before pavilions, the sea and mountains, between ruyi -head and bat borders, the shoulders with lug- and-ring handles headed by mask terminals, the cover carved with a further scene and double inscription, the whole heightened with shades of red, blue, yellow and purple, chips, losses, 61,5cm high R  -   *This lot is not suitable for export 217 A Japanese earthenware vase, early 20th century the bulbous body decorated with sprays of peonies, wysteria and irises, with various birds in flight, including pheasants, storks and sparrows, enclosed by brocaded borders, iron- red and gilt bands, star crack, iron-red rimwith wear, mon mark, gilt signature, 28cm high ; and another similar, early 20th century, the bulbous body decorated with temples and sprays of flowers between black and gilt borders, black and gilt mark, 24,5cm high (2) R  -   216 219 218 218 A Chinese carved hardwood low occasional table the rectangular top carved with a key- fret and foliate border above curved side supports carved with figures at various pursuits, 32cm high, 107cm wide, 45,5cm deep R  -   This lot appears in photographs of Harcroft, Cape Town, during Charles and Muriel Rycroft’s occupancy pre 1941 219 A Louis XV style gilt-metal mounted kingwood and Vernis Martin meuble d’appuis, late 19th/early 20th century the later serpentine moulded grey- veined marble top above a long frieze drawer and a door below enclosing two shaped later glass shelves with gilt-metal gallery, the Vernis Martin panels decorated with eighteenth century courting figures and idyllic landscapes, the corners applied with female masks and trailing foliage, on splayed legs with foliate sabbots, signed A. Rosos, fitted for electricity, 117cm high, 109,4cmwide, 45cm deep R  -   84