Lot Essay
Cf. a similar model in the Copeland Collection, illustrated by W. R. Sargent, op.cit., no.76, p.164
Details
A PAIR OF LARGE WHITE-GLAZED CRANES
qianlong
Looking sharply to the left and right, modelled perched on brown-glazed rockwork bases with their opposite legs raised, with naturalistic wing and tail feathers, the beak, comb and some neck and tail feathers left unglazed, the eye pupils under brown glazes, one neck restored, other glaze flake
20in. (51cm.) high (2)
qianlong
Looking sharply to the left and right, modelled perched on brown-glazed rockwork bases with their opposite legs raised, with naturalistic wing and tail feathers, the beak, comb and some neck and tail feathers left unglazed, the eye pupils under brown glazes, one neck restored, other glaze flake
20in. (51cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Frank Partridge Ltd., purchased in 1962