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Mar 12, 2016 - Mar 13, 2016
A DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF LIU HAI, QING DYNASTY, 17-18TH CENTURY
the Immortal portrayed standing with one raised leg, shown on a cloud-form base rising from cresting waves, his long robes revealing a bony chest, holding a long string of cash in order to tempt his three-legged toad out of the water, the coin at the shoulder moulded in relief marked Kangxi tong pao (Kangxi coins), height: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
PROVENANCE
Robert McPherson, London (according to label)