Lot 155. A very rare 'Ding'-type white-glazed duck-form waterdropper, Five Dynasties, 10th century. Length 13.6 cm, metal bound rim. Lot Sold 320,000 USD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD) © Sotheby's 2026

Provenance: C.T. Loo, New York, June 1950.

Collection of Pauline (1910-2000) and Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1907-1992).

Christie's New York, 16th October 2001, lot 47.

Note: Related waterpots modeled in the form a rotund duck with a small turtle set to the interior are extremely rare. See a very similar example of the same type in the Palace Museum, Beijing, attributed to the Five Dynasties, published in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan: Taoci juan [Complete masterpieces of Chinese cultural relics. Ceramics volume], Taipei, 1993, pl. 282.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, New York, 25 March 2026