TWO 'YUE' 'TOAD' WATERPOTS WESTERN JIN DYNASTY

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

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

Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950 (one).

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

The pot shown on the left hand side of the catalogue image has one hairline crack extending from the mouth rim near the frog's head, running 3.5 cm along the exterior. Old, minor chips to the foot, the largest 0.5 cm. The pot shown on the right side of the catalogue image has old chips to the foot, the largest 0.7 cm long. Tiny glaze chips on the body, near the foot. Small, negligible chips on the mouth, the largest 0.4 cm.
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