A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1
A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1
A bronze figure of a toad, Song - Ming dynasty | 宋至明 銅三足金蟾
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March 22, 07:08 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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A bronze figure of a toad
Song - Ming dynasty
宋至明 銅三足金蟾
Length 5 in., 12.5 cm
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. M.4.18.
吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，編號M.4.18
The current bronze toad closely relates to a bronze waterdropper in the shape of an auspicious animal, attributed to the Song -Yuan dynasty by the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in Dynastic Renaissance Art and culture of the Southern Song: Antiquities, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2010, cat. III-91.