A rare pair of doucai'Cranes' dishes, Qianlong marks and period. Photo Sotheby's
each decorated in the center with an iron-red floret encircled by a wreath of stylized lotus leaves with pale yellow buds, enclosed by a double-line border repeated around the rim, the underside with a frieze of four cranes in underglaze blue divided by floating cloud scrolls in green, pale yellow, pale aubergine and iron-red, seal mark in underglaze blue (2). Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.5 cm. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000. Lot vendu: 50,000 USD
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 24th November 1981, lot 171.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th November 1982, lot 215.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 11 sept. 2012 - www.sothebys.com