A fine Chinese porcelain bowl, of hemispherical shape, decorated to the exterior in polychrome enamels with eight Manchurian cranes in flight with Precious Objects suspended from ribbons held in their beaks, a pattern of waves breaking over rocks encircles the bowl above the foot ring, the interior decorated with similar elements including a crane holding a ruyi fungus in its beak. Qing dynasty, Qianlong seal mark in blue under the base. Diameter 19.5 cm