A RUSSET PAINTED BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, YUHUCHUN PING NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY |

the pear-shaped body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, covered overall with a lustrous brownish-black glaze and boldly painted with two stylised floral sprigs, the foot unglazed revealing the buff stoneware, Japanese wood box