A turquoise glazed bottle vase with black slip decoration


Thickly potted with a cupped rim, painted in the Cizhou style with iron black striping around the tapered neck and opposing peony sprays on the pear-shaped body beneath a turquoise glaze that stops unevenly along the foot, the unglazed and recessed base also showing a patch of turquoise glaze (chipped, repaired).9 1/8in (23in) high