, painted with a peony bush on one side with butterfly and bird in flight, on the reverse inscribed with two characters, the body covered with suffused creamy glaze on a bulbous foot covered with dark brown glaze, 25.8cm highCompare with a very similar Song example from the Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. 1, by Warren E. Cox (published in 1963), Figure 396.Provenance: The Property of an English Gentleman磁州窑系白釉褐花花鸟纹瓶拍品来源:英国私人绅士收藏
Condition Report Three cracks running from the rim and firing cracks on the lower half of the vessel