A CHINESE CIZHOU VASE. Yuan Dynasty. The squat ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a short narrow ribbed neck with everted rim with a rare black-glazed mouth, freely painted with floral sprays and geometric bands, all in brown glaze against a cream ground, Japanese wood box, 28cm H. (2) 元 磁州窯瓶 Vases of this type are discussed in Mino, Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz’u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 AD , 1980, p 150 where they are said to derive from the meiping -form vases of the Song Dynasty. For a similar piece in the collection of the British Museum see Hobson, Rackham and King, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections , 1931, fig 116, p 57. **Due to Covid-19, London Chiswick Auctions is operating a skeleton staff working remotely. As a result condition reports and extra images may be subject to delay or limited availability. ** **由於2019冠狀病毒爆發的原因，倫敦齊仕閣拍賣會行只有少部分員工在家辦公。這可能會導致延發/少發品相報告及照片。** (28cm H)