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

85 PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR LOTS 338–363 341 An Arita blue and white VOC bowl, late 17th century with deep rounded sides, the interior painted in underglaze-blue with the VOC monogram, the exterior with peony scrolls enclosed by double blue-line borders, age cracks, 23,5cm diameter R15 000 - 20 000 PROVENANCE Sotheby’s, Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art , Amsterdam, Monday 7 May 1993, lot 549, illustrated on the front cover. LITERATURE cf. CS Woodward (1974) Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1795 , A A Balkema, Cape Town, illustrated on page 66, fig. 95 & 96. 342 A Japanese blue and white VOC apothecary flask, 18th century ovoid with elongated neck, the centre painted in underglaze-blue with the VOC monogram enclosed by a laurel wreath, raised on a low foot, 23,1cm high R15 000 - 20 000 343 A Chinese VOC blue and white platter, late 18th century oval, enamelled with a medallion of the VOC monogram before a pair of laurel sprays, the cavetto with scroll- and-dot border, the whole enclosed by a blue and gilt border, restorations, 48cmwide R15 000 - 20 000 PROVENANCE Sotheby’s, Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art , Amsterdam, 17 May 1994, lot 293. Ashbey’s Galleries, Cape Town, 2 February 1995, lot 100. EXHIBITED Westfries Museum, Hoorn, from 1895 until 1992. 344 A Chinese VOC famille-rose dish, 18th century circular, decorated to the centre with a spray of two pink roses enclosed by a spray of foliage, headed by the VOC crest and the initials VOC, enclosed by a diamond diaper band centred by a pink flowerhead enclosed by a blue ground and gilt stars, restored, 24cm diameter R6 000 - 8 000 341 342 343 344