There is more story when you see the bottom, sometimes even more than the side tells…

Vase, China, Song dynasty (960–1279) Porcelain with celadon glaze and gold lacquer repairs, Longquan ware; H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. of rim: 2 1/4; Diam. of foot: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1934 (34.113.13) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/51050 
