18TH/19TH CENTURY

细节

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

来源

The Property of Lady Beaumont; Sotheby's London, 12 November 1974, lot 61.
Lauretta O. Westrich (1910-2006), Chicago, Illinois.

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The Five Poisons, the toad, lizard, centipede, snake and scorpion 1which can be interchangeable with a spider as seen with the present lot), are said to form an elixir that neutralizes evil. The five together are a talisman used to counteract evil on Duanwujie, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival.