LARGE CIZHOU GLAZED STONEWARE BASIN SONG DYNASTY OR LATER 宋或更晚 磁州窯魚紋盆sturdily potted with a slightly ribbed round body and wide lipped rim, the body decorated with a fish and floral motifs(Qty: 1)26.3cm diameterProvenance: Formerly in the Major Geoffrey Jackson collection. Major Geoffrey Frank Jackson (1922-2018), Born on 28th February 1922 in Karachi, in pre-partition India, Jackson grew up in Singapore, and moved to England in his late childhood. He attended Grammar School in Portsmouth, and started to develop his military experience in the school Cadet Corps.At the start of WWII, in his late teens, he volunteered for the Indian Army. After being commissioned at the Academy at Dehra Dun in 1941, he was posted to the 3rd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles, the 3/9 GR, at Jhikar gacha Ghat.In 1944 the 3/9 Gurkha Rifles joined the Special Forces for the Chindit Operations in Burma.In 1945, he embarked with his battalion for Indonesia & Surabaya. In March 1946 he returned to Singapore, and was transferred to Malay Command HQ.