A FINE AND RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE `BIRD AND FLOWER` DISH 19TH CENTURY Brightly enamelled with a colourful bird perched on a flowering branch of prunus, with leafy branches of bamboo below and a gilt moon above; the rim painted with a border of small blooms in cell diaper, formal flowerheads, and cartouches enclosing beribboned Precious Things, the reverse with three sprays of peony, 26.8cm. Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.