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249 Toads are a popular motifs in Chinese art, and amongst the ‘Five
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘FROG AND LOTUS’ GROUP Poisonous Creatures’, together with centipedes, lizards, scorpions and
Qianlong vipers. Occurring in combination with a lotus, the toad is a homophone
Carved as a lotus leaf with incised Y-shaped veins issuing from a for the expression ‘To hold a post or title one after the other’,
winding stem to the underside, elegantly folded to wrap a crouching underscoring the wish for being placed in the top rank of civil service
toad, the stone of an attractive and even pale tone highlighted with examinations of Imperial China.
russet inclusions.
7.8cm (3 1/8in) wide A related white jade and russet frog and lotus group carving, 18th/19th
century, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 73.
£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 170,000
清乾隆 白玉帶皮蓮葉裹蟾蜍把件
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please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
