The vase is potted with a pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck and a flared mouth, and is covered with a brownish-black glaze that is decorated in bold brush strokes of iron brown with two stylized birds above a band of three foliate motifs. The base is unglazed, Japanese double wood box.

Christie's. The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics - The Linyushanren Collection, Part III, 22 March 2018, New York