Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, NorwayA rare 'Yue' celadon-glazed 'cat' water dropperWu dynasty - Western Jin dynasty, 3rd - 4th centuryHeight 9 cm, 3½ in.__________________________________________________________________________Collection de Tove et Karl Emil Strømstad, NorvègeCompte-goutte 'chat' en grès céladon 'Yue', dynastie Wu - Jin de l'Ouest, IIIe - IVe siècle__________________________________________________________________________挪威Strømstad伉儷收藏吳至西晉 三至四世紀 越窰青釉獾形水滴来源: Collection of Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), by repute.Grays Antique Centre, The Asian Gallery, London, November 1996.__________________________________________________________________________據傳康裏弗勛爵 (1899-1963) 舊藏 Grays Antique Centre，The Asian Gallery，倫敦，1996年11月专文: Yue celadon pieces in animal form were very popular in the Six Dynasties period (220-589). See a collection of such pieces in Animal Farm in Yue Ware, Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd, Tokyo 1992, including a jar in the shape of bear, pl. 0, and several ram figures, pls. 1-4; another example in form of a mythical beast is illustrated in Qianfeng cui se Yueyao te zhan / Special Exhibition of Early Chinese Greenware, Taipei, 1996, pl. 214.