A pair of yellow-ground 'crane' bowls. Guangxu six-character marks and of the period

Each of deep rounded form supported on a short foot ring, finely incised and glazed around the exterior with six cranes in opaque white with aubergine details, in flight amongst green clouds above crashing waves, all on mustard-yellow ground (cracks). 11.1cm (4¼in) diam. (2). Estimate: £2,000 - 2,500

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