A Chinese black glazed vase Jin dynasty 1115-1234 AD, the body widely flaring from the splayed foot, the domed shoulder incised with concentric bands, meeting a narrow knopped neck, decorated with an unctuous blue-black glaze, a freely drawn foliate design in ochre-yellow, 21.5cm high.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), pp.236-7, no.32, for related vases.