A Cizhou type black glazed stoneware bowl with russet splashes. Northern Song-Jin Dynasty Its shallow curving well with upright lip and part of the exterior walls covered with a black glaze layer onto which iron oxide slip was splashed to create the contrasting...

A Cizhou type black glazed stoneware tea bowl with russet spots. Jin Dynasty Its deep curving well marked with five splashes of russet-colored iron oxide against the mottled black and brown glaze layers that extend onto the exterior walls finished with...

A large Cizhou type black glazed stoneware bowl with 'oil spot' decoration. Jin Dynasty Its wide curving well covered with masses of silvery gray flecks within rust brown spots on the dark brown-black glaze that extends over the rim to form slightly raised...

A Cizhou type black glazed stoneware jar. Jin-Yuan Dynasty Of compressed globular form, its interior and exterior walls covered with a black slip that was carved away around the shoulder to produce a bold scrolling leaf band.. 9 1/2in (24cm) diameter....

A Cizhou type black glazed bottle. Jin-Yuan Dynasty Of pear form raised on a tall foot and finished with a rim to the flared neck, the black slip glaze applied to the exterior brushed with a lighter iron oxide wash to form a stylized leaf scroll design....

A Cizhou type black glazed stoneware jar with russet decoration. Jin Dynasty Its waisted neck, wide shoulder and body of compressed globular form covered with a black glaze layer and painted in lighter colored iron oxide with two stylized birds in flight,...