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六 64. Smiling figure of Liuhai standing with one foot resting on his three-legged toad, holding in his hands a broom, a ribbon-tied gourd

十 and a string of cash, with detailed hairwork, the stone white.

四 2 ¼ inches, 5.7 cm high.

Qianlong, 1736-1795.
劉 Wood stand
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戯 • From a private English collection.
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蟾 • Purchased from John Sparks, 17th September 1969.
• Another standing figure of Liuhai, from the collection of the Governor of Manchuria, was included by Marchant in their 85th

白 anniversary exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, 2010, no. 102, p. 139; another, from the Jiu Yu Tang Collection, is
玉 illustrated by Sydney Fung & Yeung Chun-tong in Exquisite Jade Carving, an exhibition presented by the University and Art

Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 1996, no. 29, p. 53; a further example, with the broom over his shoulder and one foot

乾 resting on his toad, is illustrated by Xue Gui Sheng in Zhong Guo Yu Qi Shang Jian, ‘Appreciation and Examination of Chinese
隆 Jades’, no. 403, p.212; yet another, from the collection of Colonel M. M. Monroe, was included by Marchant in their 75th

anniversary exhibition, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, 2000, no. 18, p. 38.

1969 • Liu Hai was a tenth century minister of state, who was said to have owned a large three-legged toad. Once lured out of the water

with a string of coins it would transport him anywhere he desired.

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