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Japanese silvered bronze pair of Manchurian cranes (tancho-zuru) signed with chiselled characters on a gilt oval plaque Hidenao 秀尚 (Shusho), Meiji Period.
In Japan the crane is an auspicious symbol of long life because of its fabled life span of a thousand years, luck and fidelity as cranes pair for life.
Reference: “The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono, Dr. A.M. Kanter’s Collection”, Laura Bordignon 2005, Metalwork pg. 254.
Also “Meiji no Takara, Treasure of Imperial Japan, the Nasser D. Khalili Collection”, Kibo Foundation 1995, Metalwork Part II,
no. 107.
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H 44.5 cm x W 48 cm x D 25.5 cmThe BADA Standard
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