Chinese Dingyao Russet Splashed Black Glazed Vase. The compressed globular body below a flaring neck that terminates in an undulating floral-petal rim, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze accented with irregular russet splashes, the unglazed foot revealing the fine-grained buff white body. {Height: 5 inches (12.7 cm)}. Property from a San Francisco Collection.