A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'CRANE'-FORM CENSERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'CRANE'-FORM CENSERS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each crane with turquoise-ground body decorated with a dense pattern of scrolls and dragons, with gilt-highlighted wings and grasping in its beak a removeable mushroom-form pricket stand, standing on a colorful, grassy and rockwork mound interspersed with blooming flowers and pierced gallery fence, raised on a waisted, hexagonal base decorated around the sides with lotus scroll and gilt key and cloud cast bands
80 ¾ in. (205 cm.) high; 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) diameter

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