A cream glazed storage jar with brown inlay bird decoration

A cream glazed storage jar with brown inlay bird decoration
Ly-Tran dynasty, 12th-14th century
Of cylindrical form carved with a collar of lotus petals above four applied strap lugs, the walls coated with glaze and then portions scraped away to form a wide panel of long tailed birds set between leaf scrolls and horizontal string bands colored with iron wash before firing, the mouth rim and the flat base left without glaze.
12 1/4in (31cm) high