Lot 115
TWO CHINESE BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' WARES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 10 September 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 銅鑄甪端香薰 及 三足蟾水滴（共兩件）
comprising: a ‘Luduan’ censer, cast standing straight on all fours, the head hinged on the front neck; and a water dropper of a three-legged toad with flaming brows, top of body with a circular aperture, mouth ajar (2)
Dimensions
heights: 14.8cm and 7.8cm; 817g and 416g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Glasgow
蘇格蘭私人收藏，格拉斯哥
Footnote
Compare the water dropper to a frog-shaped water container from the Sinan wreck, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1323, now in the National Museum of Korea, Seoul, illustrated in Pengliang Lu, Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900, pg. 85; Also see in the same book, a water dropper in the shape of a three-legged toad, Yuan to early Ming dynasty, 14th century, pl. 126.