A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT MODEL OF A CRANE
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A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT MODEL OF A CRANE

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT MODEL OF A CRANE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Perched on a green rocky mound, with its head turned sharply to the left.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A pair of very similar cranes, from the Collection of Mrs. Gubbay, can be found at Clandon Park, Surrey; see Patricia F. Ferguson, Ceramics, 400 years of British Collecting in 100 Masterpieces, The National Trust, 2016, pp. 102-3. Another very similar pair were sold The Hodroff Collection, Part III, Christie's New York, 23 January 2009, lot 257.

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