Lot 419. Two 'Yue' 'Toad' waterpots, Western Jin dynasty (265-316). The largest: 8cm, 3 1/8 in. Estimate 300 - 400 GBP. Lot Sold 1,750 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

each compressed globular body naturalistically modelled to the upper section as a crouching toad, covered overall in an olive-green glaze. Quantity: 2.

Provenance: F. Low-Beer, New York (according to label). 

Exhibited: Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950 (one).

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 6 and 7.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London