Property from Various Owners
A cast bronze censer in the form of a three-legged toad
18th/19th century
The animal raised on three claw feet with open mouth issuing scrolling plumes at the sides continuing back to the knees, the lid having raised warts and bulging eyes opening to an interior lid with conical opening, the figure attached to a fitted reticulated wood base of naturalistic form centered on a lingzhi fungus.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) long
The animal raised on three claw feet with open mouth issuing scrolling plumes at the sides continuing back to the knees, the lid having raised warts and bulging eyes opening to an interior lid with conical opening, the figure attached to a fitted reticulated wood base of naturalistic form centered on a lingzhi fungus.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) long
Sold for
US$ 4,375
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art
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