?This rare and unusual stoneware cone-shaped storage jar, or amphora, was most likely from the Yixing kilns in?Jiangsu?province in the east of?China. It is coated both inside and out in a brown glaze. Height 25.5cm (10 inches). Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127 - 1279).
Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from?Brighton.?
Reference: similar vessels are described in the 1985 Southeast Asian Ceramic Society book “A Ceramic Legacy of Asia’s Maritime Trade”.