A CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE RIBBED BLACK-GLAZED JAR JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234) Of globular form with an inwardly turned rim and two loop handles to the shoulders, decorated to the body with six groups of vertical raised slip lines, covered in a deep iron brown glaze running thin and showing a paler brown colour over the lines, the old Chinese blue cotton covered box inscribed by renowned calligrapher and scholar of Chinese ceramics Professor Liu Lianyou, and with his collectors seal reading 'Yun Bao Xuan'. Height 12.7cm, Diameter 14cm PROVENANCE: Professor Liu Lianyou collection, Taiwan Capital Gallery, Hong Kong Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above circa 1997 EXHIBITIONS: "Objects of Desire, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th Centuries", Asian Arts Institute of Australia, Sydney, 2013, cat. no. 58