This lot has a deep rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a dark brownish-black glaze and splashed with caramel-beige tones simulating tortoiseshell, the glaze stopping neatly above the short foot. Due to the resemblance between the patterned glaze and the feathers of Chinese francolins, this kind of glaze, distinctive of Jizhou wares, is also called “Chinese Francolin Spot.”