A small Longton Hall blue and white bowl

A small Longton Hall blue and white bowl, c.1755-60, well painted with a Chinese figure seated by a censer with another figure standing beside and holding a long leaf switch, the reverse with a prunus spray and a bird in flight, the interior with flying insects and further prunus, three rim cracks, 9.5cm dia.

Provenance: the David and Jan Birley Collection. Formerly the Susi and Ian Sutherland Collection.