A russet-painted black-glazed jar, Northern Song / Jin dynasty | 北宋 / 金 黑釉醬斑罐

A russet-painted black-glazed jar

Northern Song / Jin dynasty

北宋 / 金 黑釉醬斑罐

sturdily potted with the tapering sides rising from a countersunk base to broad shoulders below a short neck, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze accentuated around the exterior with vertical russet streaks, the mouth rim and foot ring left unglazed revealing the buff-colored stoneware body

Width 5 ¼ in., 13.4 cm