A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF CRANES

CLOISONNE ENAMEL PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MARY VISCOUNTESS ROTHERMERE

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A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF CRANES
18TH CENTURY

Modeled in mirror image, each standing on the back of a tortoise with raised head, the bird predominantly white-ground with multi-colored wing and tail feathers, and red crest, the tortoise blue-ground with multi-colored cell-ground shell--24¼in. (61.6cm.) high (2)

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Compare similar cranes seen in photographs taken of interiors of the Summer Palace, "The Summer Palace, Beijing 1900: An Inventory by Noel du Boulay, Commandant 1900-1901", a Paper read by Anthony Du Boulay, 14 May 1991, T.O.C.S., 1990-1991, vol. 55, pp. 86-87