Chinese Longquan Kinuta Vase. Of mallet shape, the broad cylindrical body rising to an angled shoulder, surmounted by a tall neck with an dished rim, covered overall with an even silky bluish-green glaze suffused with faint pale russet crackle, the rim bound in a gilt-metal band. {Height: 7 3/4 inches (20 cm)}. Provenance: Property of a Vancouver, Canada estate by descent.