A Cizhou squat ovoid jar, Jin Dynasty, 1115/1234, the body carved with a series of vertical ribs and covered in a good brownish black glaze, stopping unevenly above the buff stoneware foot. Diameter 8.5 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 30th November 2004, Lot 1138. SeeHeaven and Earth Seen within, the Robert Barron collection, new Orleans Museum of Art, 2000, cat No. 2