Eleven years ago, back in July 2015, I wrote about 4 rare Chinese cloisonne beads featuring red-crowned cranes. Recently two similar beads turned up, this time featuring a dragon chasing the flaming pearl of wisdom, and a landscape scene with a tiny spotted deer and red-crowned crane among mountainside pines. These are classic Chinese themes. The following slides from auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s and the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art provide explanation and examples.
If anyone has other examples of these seemingly very rare antique beads, do let me know.
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