A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BASIN

enamelled in polychrome with shaped panels of birds surrounding a jardiniere of flowers, on an iron red ground overpainted with gilt foliage and diaper work, the exterior with conforming foliate panels and the undulating rim with a continuous flowering vine, the unglazed base with an iron red wash and a central circular glazed panel containing the six character Wanli mark enclosed by a double circle in underglaze blue, 64 cm diam.