A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TOAD
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TOAD 18TH/19TH CENTURY The stone is naturalistically carved as a large, plump toad grasping the stem of a leaf in its mouth on which a centipede crawls. A long snake slithers across its back and under the leaf. A spider is perched on a leaf tucked under his right foreleg, where a small lizard slithers. Its back is covered in a regular pattern of raised bumps. The pale greenish-white and russet stone has some white inclusions. 4 13/16 in. (12.5 cm.) long
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TOAD
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TOAD 18TH/19TH CENTURY The stone is naturalistically carved as a large, plump toad grasping the stem of a leaf in its mouth on which a centipede crawls. A long snake slithers across its back and under the leaf. A spider is perched on a leaf tucked under his right foreleg, where a small lizard slithers. Its back is covered in a regular pattern of raised bumps. The pale greenish-white and russet stone has some white inclusions. 4 13/16 in. (12.5 cm.) long
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