Lot Essay
By repute, removed from Sutton Place, Surrey the home of Jean Paul Getty.
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MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
Details
A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE MODELS OF CRANES
MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
Each bird on a base in the form of a large lily pad, with applied gilt bronze crabs and terrapins, the birds each with a character signatures inscribed in the neck
76 in. (194.5 cm.) high; base: 24 in. (61 cm.) wide
MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
Each bird on a base in the form of a large lily pad, with applied gilt bronze crabs and terrapins, the birds each with a character signatures inscribed in the neck
76 in. (194.5 cm.) high; base: 24 in. (61 cm.) wide
Special notice
All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.
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