Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A rare Qingbai 'toad' water dropper, Song dynasty | 宋 青白釉蛙形水注
Auction Closed
November 3, 05:23 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A rare Qingbai 'toad' water dropper
Song dynasty
宋 青白釉蛙形水注
naturalistically modelled in the round as a recumbent toad, the head held high and mouth open forming the spout, the body with bumps on a dotted ground, covered overall with a pale bluish-white glaze
Length 6.4 cm, 2½ in.
Brodie Lodge Collection no. M109.
Brodie Lodge 收藏（編號M109）
Hugh Moss mentions that from the Han dynasty onwards, the ceramic industry provided vast quantities of small wares, including censers, flower vases, weights and small water vessels such as the present piece, made specifically for the literati audience, see Hugh Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 222, no. 207. Compare with another water dropper of the same realistically modelled form, sold Sotheby's London, 26th April 1955, lot 92.