Strauss & co - 10 - 11 May 2020, Cape Town

313 A Chinese famille-rose ‘Mandarin’ bowl, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the centre painted and enamelled with scenes of games including horse riding and wrestling before a waterway, enclosed by gilt stylised Greek key-lock pattern, the border enamelled with four cartouches each depicting figures at various pursuits interspersed with three butterflies, chrysanthemums, flowerheads and scrolling foliage, the gilt rim similarly enamelled with twelve butterflies, the reverse depicting a continuous court scene, raised on a low foot, 35cm diameter R10 000 - 12 000 314 A pair of Chinese famille-verte bowls, Xuantong period, 1909-1912 each exterior enamelled and painted with three quails amongst clusters of peonies, bamboo, flowerheads and foliage, gilt rim, raised on a low foot, underglaze-blue six-character mark, 11,2cm diameter (2) R15 000 - 20 000 315 A pair of Chinese famille-rose bowls, Republic period each exterior enamelled with scholar’s rocks, sprays of peonies and flowerheads and bamboo shoots against an apple- green ground, with inscription, raised on a low foot, enamelled blue Hall of Ever Present Spring four-character seal mark, one bowl restored, 15cm diameter (2) R10 000 - 12 000 316 A Chinese iron-red decorated ‘dragon and phoenix’ water pot, Republic period the exterior painted with four alternating rondels depicting a phoenix and a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, divided by four bats suspending ribboned cash , enclosed by waves and a spearhead border, apocryphal underglaze-blue Qianlong six-character mark, 11cm high R8 000 - 10 000 317 A Chinese iron-red decorated ‘bat’ dish, Republic period the interior painted with five iron- red glazed bats highlighted in gilt enclosing a shou symbol against a pale celadon-glazed ground, the exterior painted with nine bats, raised on a low foot, apocryphal underglaze-blue Qianlong seal mark, 14cm diameter R6 000 - 8 000 313 314 315 316 317 77