A PAINTED CIZHOU JARYuan/Ming dynastyThe exterior painted in brown slip with a central band of flowers and leafy branches, below a foliate band to the shoulder, all against a white slip ground ending just above the foot ring. 14.3cm (5 5/8in) highFootnotes:Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, 14 November 1983, lot 70 (label)Private Collection of a Lady of TitleThe result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P119m9 is consistent with the dating of this lot.