A black-glazed ribbed vase, Northern Song / Jin dynasty | 北宋 / 金 黑釉棱線紋花口罐

A black-glazed ribbed vase

Northern Song / Jin dynasty

北宋 / 金 黑釉棱線紋花口罐

the globular body resting on a splayed foot and rising to a wide, slightly flaring floriform mouth molded as five unfurling petals, covered allover with a lustrous ebony-colored glaze thinning to dark brown at the edges, with fine ribs of white slip rising vertically along the exterior body and delineating the 'petals' at the interior walls

Height 4¼ in., 10.9 cm