Description: AN AMBER-GLAZED HANDLED BOTTLE VASE
China, Liao dynasty
22 cm high
Rising on a circular base, the globular body with four handles on the shoulders, the cylindrical neck with two ribs toward the central section, a wide cup shaped mouth, the external surface covered with a lustrous amber glaze with brown streaks, the base unglazed.
Provenance: ambassador Francesco Rausi.