A Guan Ware Cracked Glaze Bamboo Joint Neck Vase, Northern Song And Period (960 – 1127)

A compressed globular body with a cylindrical neck and flanged mouth, decorated with five raised rings: three around the neck and one each around the shoulder and body, with a double network crackles of brown and light brown against a greyish white glaze, the rim of the mouth and foot ring have traces of applied iron oxide, royal inscription in a brown rectangular plate at the base. 19.5 cm (7.5 in.) high