Live Auction 6277Harewood: Collecting in The Royal Tradition
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'DOUBLE CRANE' CENSER
Lot 577

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'DOUBLE CRANE' CENSER

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Closed5 December 2012

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GBP 37,250

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A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'DOUBLE CRANE' CENSER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The censer delicately carved in the form of two conjoined cranes, incised with finely detailed wings including carefully curled feathers to the sides of the body, grasping stems of lingzhi in their beaks forming the handles with loose rings, the stone of an even pale tone with an attractive polish
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high, wood stand

H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Specialist note

See a very similarly carved vase of conjoined cranes illustrated in Jades of the T. B. Walker Collection at The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota, 1952, pl. 88.