A small Qingbai 'Lion' waterdropper, Song dynasty. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the recumbent lion shown seated atop a drum-form base, set to one side with a short spout, covered overall in an icy pale blue glaze stopping short of the foot. Height 3 3/8  in., 8.6 cm

Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. 
Collection of Cyrus and Mildred Churchill, Concordia House, Moline, Illinois.

Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 19 sept. 2015