A Chinese cizhou-type cylindrical vessel, 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 high Compare 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 Condition Report Disclaimer