清十八 / 十九世紀 白玉鏤雕「荷塘蟾蜍」擺件 「御玩」印 《子岡》仿款

deftly carved in openwork with a crouching frog nestled within a furled lotus pad, further encircled by an attendant bud, a spray of millet and a secondary pad coating the underside, all naturalistically detailed with veins and highlighted with russet skin around the edges and on the underside, inscribed with a two-character apocryphal seal mark Zigang within a rounded square panel in front of the frog and another round seal yuwan on the reverse, wood stand

The group carving is in overall good condition.
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