QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN MODELS OF CRANES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Modeled in mirror image, each with its incised feathers picked out in brown, its beak left unglazed in biscuit, perched atop a brown tree-stump
20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from John Sparks, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1983.

Conditions of sale

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