A Chinese Longquan celadon 'Kinuta' vase, possibly Southern Song Dynasty the mallet-shaped (Kinuta) vase, well-potted with a cylindrical body, canted shoulder and cylindrical neck with an everted dish-shaped mouth, set to the neck with a pair of stylised phoenix handles, covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea green tone falling just above the edge of the foot, also glazed to the inside of the foot, leaving the foot ring unglazed, with some wide crackle in the glaze. Height 17.5 cm