The present bamboo carving of a frog was in the Wang Shixiang Collection and was one of his most prized possessions. It was included in his bamboo collection catalogue Zhuke jianshang, Taipei, 1997, p. 64, no. 17, in which he said “Of all the bamboo root carvings of frogs that I have seen, none surpasses this.”

2³⁄₄ in. (7 cm.) long

The Wang Shixiang (1914-2009) Collection

Wang Shixiang and Wen Wango, Bamboo Carving of China, New York, 1983, p.37, fig.21
Wang Shixiang, Zhuke jianshang, Taipei, 1997, p.64, no. 17
Wang Shixaing, Self-Cherished Treasures of Twin-Pine Studio, Beijing, 2007, p.123, no. 5.7

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