A CIZHOU BROWN-PAINTED 'DEER' BOTTLE VASE Jin/Yuan dynastyPROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERSA CIZHOU BROWN-PAINTED 'DEER' BOTTLE VASEJin/Yuan dynastyThe pear-shaped body set over a low foot and rising to a slender, waisted neck, covered in a thin ivory glaze and painted in dark brown slip with two lobed cartouches each enclosing a leaping deer, all against a dense ground of brown scrollwork. 7 1/2in (19cm) high Provenance:European Private Collection, acquired in the 1990s, by repute -