DescriptionChinese Jizhou Tortoise Shell Vase. Of pear shape with a tapered flaring neck, covered overall with a brownish black glaze splashed in buff with amber-beige suffusions, the glaze falling to just above the foot with recessed base revealing the buff stoneware body. {Height: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)} Provenance: _x000B_Collection of Dr. Reri Fujimura, Berkeley, California.