A GREEN HARDSTONE THREE-LEGGED TOAD 20TH CENTURY 墨玉蟾 二十世纪 6...

A GREEN HARDSTONE THREE-LEGGED TOAD 20TH CENTURY 墨玉蟾 二十世纪 6cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Portobello Market, November 2002 LITERATURE: C.A.S. Williams, ‘Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs’, New York, 1976, PP. 403 NOTE: For a comparative example, see the following reference: Bluett & Sons, ‘Dr Newton’s Zoo: A Study of Post-Archaic Small Jade Carvings’, London, 1981, No. 71

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