the vessel skillfully molded in the form of a crouching toad with head raised, the body finely detailed with bumps and vertical bands, with a strap handle applied to the back and short curved spout issuing from the chest, covered overall with a pale bluish glaze, stopping unevenly above the unglazed base, and detailed with irregular brown iron-oxide spots. Height 3 1/8  in., 8 cm

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM