Lot Essay
Cf. W. R. Sargent, op.cit., p. 154, fig.70 for a similar example in the Copeland Collection. A very similar crane was sold in these Rooms, 7 November 1994, lot 104
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AN EXPORT FIGURE OF A CRANE
qianlong
Standing on an oval mottled blue base beside a gnarled brown-glazed tree trunk, the bird's body primarily white-glazed with moulded feather markings and black plumage along the neck and shoulders, its feet under a green glaze, extremity chips and restoration, neck re-stuck
6¾in. (17cm.) high
qianlong
Standing on an oval mottled blue base beside a gnarled brown-glazed tree trunk, the bird's body primarily white-glazed with moulded feather markings and black plumage along the neck and shoulders, its feet under a green glaze, extremity chips and restoration, neck re-stuck
6¾in. (17cm.) high