A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CRANE-FORM CENSERS

Lot 7
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Lot 7 | A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CRANE-FORM CENSERS
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$ 80 000 – 120 000
A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CRANE-FORM CENSERS

QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Each crane is shown standing on a brightly colored grassy mound above a faceted base. The body of each bird is decorated with a dense pattern of gilt wires and is set with separately made wings, and each clutches in its beak a branch of lingzhi that forms a pricket candlestick.

91 and 92 1/2 in. (231 and 235 cm.) high





Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 18-19 November 2002, lot 511.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

F. Mcgill, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, San Francisco, 2006, pp. 62-63.





Exhibited

San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, 17 June- 3 September 2006.



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