Cape Town | Fine & Decorative Art, Books & Maps, Carpets, Furniture, Silverware, Jewellery, Watches & Vintage Fashion | February 2021

The finely modelled figure of a young man standing sowing seeds, indecipherable signature, raised on a shallow marble base58cm high excluding the ...

Raised on three splayed feet, the melon-shaped body applied with birds amongst magnolia, azalea and tree peony blooms within a rocky landscape, th...

Perched with large talons gripping a shaped rock above foaming waves, the wings spread wide, the feathers realistically cast and incised, signed i...

The rectangular box applied with two hinged lids each enclosing a compartment above three drawers, the black rō-iro ground decorated with various ...

Stoutly potted of upright ovoid form, applied with a translucent ivory glaze over white slip and painted in brown with abstract foliage and callig...

The elongated cylindrical body rising to a rounded shoulder with a flaring mouth, covered throughout in a deep ivory-glaze with a network of fine ...

Standing above waves issuing lotus blooms, the slender figure clad in billowing robes with pendant jewels suspended around her neck, her demure fa...

Each seated on a rectangular base, the eyes picked out in black beneath a heavy mane, the snarling mouth exposing the teeth, the neck fitted with ...

Each seated on a shaped rectangular plinth, the bulbous eyes under a curling brow and mane, the mouth open exposing the tongue and teeth, the body...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTStanding with his right foot raised on a rock behind foaming waves, an intricately carved fishing net flung across his left...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTLying on his stomach supporting his chin with the left hand above a rectangular pillow, clad in a long robe incised with ge...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTNaturalistically carved as an apple on a gnarled branch, minor age wear, minor discolouration4,3cm high

Dressed in official attire, his hands concealed within the sleeves of his voluminous robe, the white robe falling to numerous pleats under a pink ...

Standing with his left hand placed on the hip, dressed in a short formal tunic tied around the waist with a long belt, the detachable head with an...

Each rectangular panel painted with a multitude of colourful butterflies swirling in flight, laid down on cardframed 94 by 33cm

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe well-hollowed rounded pebble of purplish-brown tone attractively marked with swirling bands of greyish-white, fitted wi...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe compressed ovoid body rising to a slender neck, the brownish-grey stone with black swirls, the domed stopper with a whi...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe flattened body carved with a bird perched on a blossoming prunus branch, the reverse with a Lingzhi growing from a rock...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe compressed globular body rising from an oval foot to a slight flaring neck, the stone of an even greenish-blue tone wit...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe flattened baluster body raised on a prominent foot, the front engraved with two songbirds perched on a blossoming branc...

The flattened body carved with three vertical grooves, associated vinyl stopper5,4cm high including stopperPROVENANCE Acquired Johannesburg 1971, ...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTOf archaistic form, the carapace and folded wings incised, the underside with legs tucked under the thorax and the abdomen ...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe compressed globular body carved with Shou-Lao and a recumbent deer under a fruiting peach tree, the reverse carved with...

The flattened body raised on a low oval foot, the deep purple stone with natural inclusions and fissures, green hardstone stopper, black vinyl col...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe compressed globular body rising to a short flaring neck, the celadon stone with minor inclusions, ivory stopper, wooden...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe compressed globular body carved with a X-pattern band, the deep blue stone with a white inclusion at the foot, carved c...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe rectangular body raised on a conforming foot, the stone of deep toffee tone with minor inclusions, chalcedony stopper, ...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe globular body mounted with gilt-metal filigree, each shoulder with two turquoise cabochons, the stone of even celadon-g...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTThe ovoid body carved to the front with a bat hovering above a Lingzhi growing from a rock, fitted with a green hardstone s...

NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORTCarved to the front with large rocks before a sailboat amongst crashing waves under a band of calligraphy reading: "safe vo...

Each bulbous body painted in a traditional iron-red and cobalt-blue palette with gilt highlights, fitted with metal mounts, minor age wear, tarnis...

The standing figure gazing to her right with her left arm raised, her demure face under a high chignon decorated with a rectangular hairpin, Kanza...

Each cylindrical vase decorated with two cartouches applied with two maidens dressed in flowing kimonos before a baluster fence beneath a blossomi...

Each ovoid body with a raised fillet around the shoulder terminating into a flared neck, decorated with two large cartouches painted with a pair o...

Painted and gilded with floral cartouches in a traditional iron-red, blue and gold palette, the shaped ivory-coloured shade terminating with a dec...

The ribbed pear-shaped body rising to shaped foliate rim painted to the top with iron-red blossoms, the body painted with two cartouches containin...

The cylindrical body tapering to a rounded shoulder and high neck, boldly painted with large blossoms amongst bamboo, the base with underglaze-blu...

The baluster body rising to a wide mouth, painted with underglaze-blue dragon cartouches each containing a dove perched atop a prunus tree, all re...

Each compressed body painted with a pair of four-claw dragons contesting a flaming pearl contained within a prunus blossom ground, the tubular nec...

The bulbous body painted with sweet-pea flowers amongst feathery tendrils interspersed with four double-happiness symbols, Shuangxi, the cover sim...

Ovoid, painted with sweet-pea flowers amongst scrolling vines interspersed with four double-happiness symbols, Shuangxi, the cover similarly paint...

The ovoid body painted with four double-happiness characters, Shuangxi, amongst curling tendrils, the cover similarly painted, age wear, firing fl...

The ovoid body painted with the three star Gods, Fú, Lù and Shóu surrounded by a group of boys before a baluster fence, all beneath a large paraso...

Painted with a village hamlet amongst rocky outcrops on the shores of a lake, two figures each astride a water-buffalo approaching a terraced hous...

Rectangular with canted corners, painted with a sampan on a vast riverscape surrounded by trees and houses within rocky landscapes, the sky painte...

The shaped rectangular dish fitted with two opposing handles, the sides painted with extensive landscapes of large pagodas amongst drooping willow...

Square with a shaped rim, painted to the centre with pagodas dotted around the shores of a lake amongst rocks and large trees, age wear, fritting2...

The bulbous body rising to a shaped mouth, painted with a village hamlet on the shores of a large lake, the mouth-rim glazed brown, minor age wear...

Circular rising to shallow sides, the centre painted with a Shou character within a band of stylised Ruyi lappets all contained within a field of ...

Painted to the centre with foliate scrolls contained within a prunus and diamond diaper band, the angular sides painted with eight alternating pan...

The central rondel painted with a vase issuing flowers, the shaped rim painted with large chrysanthemum blooms on brocade grounds, the reverse pai...

Circular with a scalloped edge, the centre painted with a flower-filled basket, enclosed by six panels alternating with Shi-Shi lions playing with...

Gilded to the centre with a pair of phoenixes in flight, the wide rim enamelled with figurative scroll paintings on an iron-red and gilded ground,...

Centrally decorated with a roundel enamelled with Fukurokuju astride a large crane amongst billowing clouds, the rim painted with alternating phoe...

The interior with a wide spiralling band enamelled with a minogame and cranes amongst prunus blossoms, gnarled pine branches and bamboo shoots, en...

The fish-shaped plate painted with a fan-shaped cartouche containing a phoenix and decorative rondels, all reserved on an iron-red floral ground, ...

The bulbous body enamelled with iron-red lotus blooms on a foliate ground between bands of geometric lappets, cover lacking, age wear12cm high

The ovoid body rising to a wide rounded shoulder, the body enamelled with iron-red carp swimming amongst wispy aquatic plants, the shoulder painte...

The compressed ovoid body rising to a flaring neck, painted with the eight Immortals amongst billowing Lingzhi-shaped clouds, the neck with a late...

Painted to the centre with a shaped octagonal cartouche containing flowers issuing from rocks, contained within a wan- and fish-scale diaper groun...