A Chinese Cizhou pottery sgraffito vase , meiping , Northern Song or Jin Dynasty, circa 1100-1200, applied overall with a thick brownish-black glaze, carved through to the buff body leaving a broad foliate scroll band, the short neck with two handles, with Radcliffe collection label 'D1' and exhibition labels for New Zealand 1936, Cape Town 1953 and BADA, 21cm high Provenance: Dr Lindley M. Scott collection, Sotheby's, London, 4th July, 1945, lot 22, where purchased by Bluetts on commission for Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) and then by family descent. Exhibited: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1930, from the collection of Dr M. Lindley Scott New Zealand Chinese Art Exhibition, 1936, label no. 43, illustrated pl. 204, An exhibition of Chinese Art 1937, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, New Zealand, edited by Captain G. Humphreys-Davies National Gallery of South Africa, Chinese Exhibition, Cape Town, 1953, no. 106. 宋 磁州窑黑釉划花卉纹双系梅瓶 拍品来源： Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏（家族档案编号D1），1945年7月4日购自苏富比Lindley M. Scott 博士收藏，拍品编号22 展览信息：英国维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物院，1930年，伦敦 新西兰中国艺术展，图录图版编号 204 号， 1937 年，奥克兰   南非国家画廊，中国展览，编号106号，开普敦，1953年 Condition Report: good other than possibly small reduction to rim typical surface wear and firing faults and crazing to glaze