This plaque or tile has a washed green ground and is enamelled in iron-red, aubergine, yellow, and three shades of green with flowering peonies on the right and flowering chrysanthemums on the left, five birds flying in between. With an openwork wood stand turning it into a table screen.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 97; Anthony du Boulay, Chinese Porcelain (London, 1963), plate 80; R.L. Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, 2 vols (London, 1915), vol. II, plate 100

Exhibited: Burlington House, London, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-1936, no. 1694

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 8 July 1949 (£250); formerly in the collection of the Hon. Sir Evan Charteris

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2