The Jizhou ware jar is of bulbous form, with straight neck and everted rim, body glazed in black and brown color tone similar to tortoise shell, covered with crackle patterns, bottom unglazed.
Song Dynasty period.
Height: 2 3/4 in (7.0 cm) Diameter: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm)


宋 吉州窯玳瑁斑釉小罐 
此小罐直口，折肩，鼓腹，平底。通罩黑褐地，複施參灰弱鐵釉，經二次入窯燒成玳瑁皮。器面自然垂流，黑色瑩潤，深沉柔和，或滲褐絲，或雜染褐塊，若隱若現，絕無雷同之貌，既融入禪宗與士人意趣，又兼及世俗審美，反映宋人在理學思想薰陶下，注重內心思想，感悟恬靜、質樸的人生哲理，藉以超脫心靈，領悟禪、理文化之意境，極具視覺張力。