A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRANES

Lot 14
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ID 1030822
Lot 14 | A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRANES
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRANES

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Each tall bird with a red crest, its white plumage throughout incised and delineated in gilt, the feathers below their necks and at their tails left in biscuit with black enamel to their incised barbs, modeled standing on a dark brown rocky base

17 in. (43.2 cm.) high





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 1986, lot 178.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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