Northern Song/Jin dynasty The first of squat ovoid form, the broad shoulder rising to a short neck encircled with a flange below the lipped rim, the body freely painted with strokes of russet against a glossy black glaze, stopping above the unglazed foot; the second of meiping form with broad rounded shoulder, tapering towards the foot, surmounted by a tapering neck modeled with a groove around the base, covered with a lustrous translucent black glaze, the foot unglazed. 13 1/4in (33.7cm) high, the taller (2).