Lot 233. A rare white stoneware jar and a cover, 10th century, 11.2cm., 4 3/8 in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 38,900 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the compressed globular body supported on four paw feet, applied at the shoulder with four florets divided by two rows of stylised sprigs of grass, the domed cover surmounted by a small recumbent boy, covered overall with an ivory-white glaze. Quantity: 2.

Provenance: Collection of M. Meyer (paper label to the base).

Exhibited: Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 360.

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 172.

Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 93, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.