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A PAIR OF LARGE EXPORT CRANES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tall, slender birds are shown on tree stump bases, and modeled
in mirror image with their heads turned to the side. The crowns
on their heads are picked out in iron red, while their folded wings
are edged in white enamel shading to a deep blue. The black
underfeathers of their wings are detailed in green, as is the plumage
down the backs of their slender necks.
17Ω in. (44.2cm.) high (2)
$100,000-150,000
PROVENANCE:
The Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard; Christie’s New York, 18
March 2005, lot 256.
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
LITERATURE:
Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese
and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 250.
清乾隆 外銷大仙鶴一對
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