Strauss & co - Review 2019

Top-selling lots per year since 2009 by Strauss & Co Artist Title Sale Date Sold Irma Stern Magnolias in an Earthenware Pot 9 March 2009 1 7 241 000 Irma Stern Gladioli 11 Oct 2010 13 368 000 Irma Stern Two Arabs 26 Sep 2011 21 166 000 Irma Stern Arab 11 June 2012 17 267 000 Irma Stern Malay Girl 4 Feb 2013 11 697 000 JH Pierneef Extensive Landscape with Farmlands 10 Nov 2014 11 936 400 Alexis Preller The Creation of Adam I 9 Nov 2015 1 8 526 000 Irma Stern Still Life with Lilies 10 Oct 2016 10 572 240 JH Pierneef FarmJonkershoek with Twin Peaks Beyond, Stellenbosch 5 June 2017 20 462 400 Irma Stern Dahlias 15 Oct 2018 1 9 104 000 Irma Stern Arab 18 Mar 2019 20 484 000 Paintings Description Sale Date Sold A pair of Canton Chinese 'Famille-Rose' brass- mounted baluster temple jars, Qing Dynasty 8 Oct 2009 1 1 44 560 Professor Otto Poertzel, German (1876-1963) Two cold painted bronze and ivory figures of 'butterfly dancers', 1930s 11 Oct 2010 1 278 500 An 'Athena cattedrale' glass vase, designed by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso, 1964 7 Mar 2011 1 1 66 840 A Japanese blue and white Arita VOC dish, late 17th century 6 Feb 2012 1 155 960 Chinese School, late 19th century 4 Feb 2013 1 155 960 A rare Japanese Arita blue and white VOC dish, Edo Period, late 17th century 17 Mar 2014 1 409 248 A near pair of Chinese copper-red glazed bowls, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century 16 Mar 2015 1 284 200 A 'Spade' form stoneware vase, 1970s, Hans Coper (1920-1981) 10 Oct 2016 1 568 400 A Cape of Good Hope Imperial brass bushel, de Grave, Short & Co, London, 1877 6 Mar 2017 1 875 720 A Japanese blue and white Arita VOC dish, late 17th century 5 Mar 2018 1 511 560 A Chinese bronze silver-wire figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century 7 Oct 2019 1 682 800 Decorative Arts 43