金 / 元 磁州窰黃地刻牡丹紋玉壺春瓶

the pear-shaped body surmounted by a slender waisted neck flaring to a trumpet mouth, covered overall with a rich dark brown glaze boldly carved through to the buff body with a wide band of peony blossoms between a slanting key-fret band encircling the shoulders and incised rings below, the glaze thinned and irregularly applied above the foot, the base unglazed 

《中國陶瓷精品展》，國立歷史博物館，台北，1987年，頁39

Related vases with bands of leaf scrolls and keyfret are illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, no. 193; and another in the Meiyintang Collection illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, vol. 3, 2006,  no. 1526.