The vase is decorated with four ribbed leaf-shaped handles to the neck, the upper body is covered with a cream slip with a double band in brown glaze and with one stylised character repeated three times. The plate is decorated with a freely painted flower in two shades of brown, all reserved on a crackled cream glaze. The vase is covered with a white glaze to the exterior which falls slightly above the flared foot.
11¼ in. (28.5 cm. high)

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.

The Cizhou wine jar: Christie's London, 2 April 1979, lot 104, from a private collection.
The Cizhou vase: With Robert McPherson, London, circa 2000.
The Cizhou bowl: With Nihon Token, Museum Street, London, circa 1980.

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