A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'CRANE' JUE STAND, China, Qianlong seal mark and period, the shallow rounded sides rising from four short cloud-shaped feet to an everted rim and surmounted by a mountain-shaped support to the centre, painted with rocks and turbulent waves, encircled by cranes in flight amidst ruyi clouds and a chevron band at the rim, the exterior with lotus sprays, inscribed to the base in underglaze blue with a four-character seal mark - Provenance: Sotheby's Hongkong, 30.4.1996, lot 443 - Sotheby's London, 9.11.2016, lot 155 - Cf. A jue with a similar stand in the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum is illustrated in 'Keitokuchin Jiki', 1982, p.55 - Another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated by R. Kerr 'Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing dynasty, 1644-1911', 1986, pl. 44 - Good condition