Details
Comprising: a pair modeled in mirror image, each standing on a pierced rock, enameled with black legs and lower plumage; and a famille rose example modeled standing beside a flowering tree and sacred fungus on an oval base, enameled with blue legs and a red beak, the feathers at its neck and tail enameled in black
1112 in. (29.5 cm.) high, the pair
Provenance
With Jorge Welsh, London (the pair).
With Luis Alegria, Portugal (the famille rose crane).
Literature
M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 251, no. 17.3 (the pair of cranes), p. 252, cat. no. 17.5 (the famille rose crane).
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