Bamboo toads carved in the round

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Manager ID

341

Title

Bamboo toads carved in the round, signed by Shen Dasheng Ming dynasty, dated by inscription to 1623

Short title

Bamboo toads carved in the round

Record number

BATEA : 334

Simple name

animal

Classified name

bamboo; toad; animal; wood; Shen Dasheng; Ming; Tianqi; scholar's studio; dated; China; signed;

Description

Description part summary

Three bamboo toads carved in the round. 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. Probably intended as a brush rest for the scholar's studio.

Description material

bamboo

Description condition

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	brown
decoration

Description length

7.6 cm

Description height

6.7 cm

Description diameter

Description width

Description depth

Description inscription

Inscribed by Yuchuan Shen Dasheng with his studio seal on the bottom of the piece. It is dated to the winter of the third year of Tianqi (1623). The carver Shen Dasheng was a leading bamboo carver of the late Ming period and a student of Zhu Sansong.

Description notes

Gallery location

Gallery 2

Labels

Subjects

wood > bamboo

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