A 'Cizhou' sgraffiato 'floral' ovoid vase, Jin dynasty | 金 磁州窰白釉剔花罐

A 'Cizhou' sgraffiato 'floral' ovoid vase

Jin dynasty 

金 磁州窰白釉剔花罐

the finely potted spherical body resting on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck with a lipped rim, the broad register around the sides carved through the creamy-white slip to the brown-colored body leaving a reserve pattern of white blossoms borne on leafy scrolls, all beneath a translucent milky glaze 

Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm