A 'CIZHOU' BLACK-GLAZED SGRAFFIATO VASE JIN DYNASTY

the ovoid body swelling broadly at the shoulder and set with two tab handles before the short straight neck and wide everted mouth rim, applied overall with a lustrous black-glaze transmuting to russet-colored striations, boldly cut through with a broad band of two blossoms borne on leafy stems enclosed within a triple and a single incised line border, the glaze stopping above the base revealing the buff-colored stoneware body