A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRANES
Lot 14

A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN CRANES

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed19 October 2023

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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

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 1986, lot 178.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.