Title

Bamboo toads, China, late Ming dynasty, 1623. Artist: Shen Dasheng.

Caption

Bamboo toads, China, late Ming dynasty, 1623. Three bamboo toads carved in the round, signed by Shen Dasheng. The tongue of the big toad is fitted at the base to slots and can be moved up and down. The two smaller toads, one with a rice spray, are clambering onto the flat back of the big one. This object was probably intended as a brush rest for the scholar's studio.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1623

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B81_302

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (715,0Kb) / 7,4in x 9,4in / 2213 x 2830 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal wood arts country China art Chinese color colour brown wooden bamboo ming location century artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty toad artifact 17th century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art brush rest brushrest object wood sculpture Shen Dasheng Dasheng Shen wood object sculpture