A rare Chinese Doucai 'Crane' bowl, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1722-1735), decorated with three crane roundels surrounded by scrolling lotus in underglaze blue and doucai enamels. Six character Yongzheng mark within a double circle to the base, 7 cm high, 14.25 cm diameter. Provenance: Purchased in Thailand, 1949-1952 or 1963-1968, Allan Henry Loomes OBE (1917-1990), and thence by descent. Allan Loomes was Australian Consul-General to Thailand (1949-1952) and Australian Ambassador to Burma (1958-1961), Thailand (1963-1968), South Korea (1968-1971), and Venezuela and Peru (1974-1978),