A Chinese export-ware sparrow-beak cream jug and cover, possibly London decorated in the atelier of James Giles, painted with exotic birds in landscape, the porcelain Qianlong period, 18th century. Provenance: Robert Burke collection. Reference: It is recorded that Worcester and Chinese porcelain was supplied to clients of the James Giles London atelier. See the Worcester cup with Chinese saucer in the Marshall collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford, illustrated in 'Marshall H Rissik, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, 1751-1783 colour plate 9. 13 cm high