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A FAMILLE VERTE FIGURE OF LIUHAI AND HIS TOAD

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A FAMILLE VERTE FIGURE OF LIUHAI AND HIS TOAD
KANGXI

The Immortal depicted holding a peach in his left hand and a 'cash' in his raised right hand, wearing a yellow coat and shown seated atop his green-glazed, three-legged toad, some restoration--5 1/4 in (13.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar model see Von Walter Bondy, Kang-Hsi, 1923, p. 170; and another pair was sold in these rooms November 27, 1991, lot 367