Lot 366

MASSIVE JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'CRANE' CHARGER
MEIJI PERIOD








Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明治 大型銅胎掐絲琺瑯花鶴圖盤
raised on a short circular foot, intricately decorated with a pair of tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) standing in the middle of a luscious floral bush, bordered by a floral band interlaced with ruyi heads, the reverse decorated with fan-shaped panels on a scrolling turquoise ground
Dimensions
91.3cm diameter
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
Footnote
Compare to two slightly larger chargers, both depicting cranes, Meiji period, one sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 470, the other sold at Christie's London, 28 Jan 2015, lot 700.







