A Chinese Ganzhou ware 'partridge feather' vase, Robustly potted with a tapering body rising to broad round shoulders, sweeping up to a short neck with rolled lip, the body liberally decorated with variegated cream-coloured splashes against a black ground mimicking partridge feathers, save for the knife-pared footring unglazed revealing the buff body, the base covered in a black matte glaze, height 18 cm, depth 10 cm