A large and rare Liverpool (Philip Christian) vase c.1768-72

A large and rare Liverpool (Philip Christian) vase c.1768-72, of baluster form, painted with shaped panels containing a peacock and other colourful birds perched on and around leafy foliage, flanked by smaller panels of polychrome flowers within gilt scroll borders on a washed blue or gros bleu ground, the cover lacking, 24.5cm.

Cf. Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain, p. 227, fig. 6.9 for a similar but smaller example with floral decoration.