A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LARGE OVIFORM VASE AND COVER, WANLI

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LARGE OVIFORM VASE AND COVER WANLIPainted with birds in flight among flowering shrubs above a band of lappets, the shoulder with panels of flowers on a diaper - pattern ground 53cm highProvenance: Possibly collected by Arthur Barnardiston (d. 1737) and kept at Brightwell Hall until removed to Weston Hall 1744Thence by descent at Weston Hall. Literature: Sir George Sitwell, A brief history of Weston Hall, Northamptonshire, and of the families that possessed it, London, privately printed 1927, p. 44.Condition Report: Cover. Broken in half and also a glued chip with small losses, knop glued. Vase, minor fritting to the rim, horizontal surface crack at the luting by the standing pheasant Condition Report Disclaimer