Casgliadau Arlein

Monumental vase, hard-paste porcelain with clear glaze, thrown in four (possibly five) sections and assembled, flat base and barrel-shaped body with a wide, rounded shoulder and short, gently flaring neck; decorated in densely patterned overglaze fencai enamels with three focal motifs of Chinese vases evenly spaced around the body, between these there are unevenly scattered individual and overlapping circles of enamel, infilled with a range of different patterns.