NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

Compare the very similar blackish-brown-glazed vase with ropetwist handles in the British Museum illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 121. See, also, the vase from the Falk Collection, sold in these rooms, 20 September 2001, lot 85.