Lot 532. A 'Yue' celadon-glazed jar, Five dynasties-Song dynasty (907-1279). Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 12,500  HKD.  Photo Sotheby's.

the compressed globular body rising from a tall stepped foot, applied around with four moulded abstract mythical beasts, the broad lobed mouth slightly flared to a foliate rim, covered with a thin layer of pale olive-green glaze, Japanese wood box - 14.7 cm, 5 3/4  in.