A GOOD 'HENAN' RUSSET AND BLACK-GLAZED 'PHOENIX' BOTTLE VASE JIN DYNASTY

the elegantly potted pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall narrow neck with widely flaring rim, freely slip-painted in overglaze iron-oxide around the exterior in rich russet tones with a pair of phoenix in flight, all reserved on a lustrous black ground

A closely related vase, attributed to the late 12th to early 13th century, was included in the exhibition, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge Mass., 1995, cat.no. 52.