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Figure of a Toad, One of a Pair

About 1984 (made)
Place of origin

Decoration: Toad


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, moulded
Physical description
Decoration: Toad
Object history
Bought in China by Rose Kerr, AK/FED in course of trip to China to acquire 20th c. material in 1984
Notes on significance: Traditional peasant handicraft, of type seldom represented in museum collections.
Production
Caozhuang, Shandong province, CHINA
Bibliographic reference
Rose Kerr, 'Contemporary Chinese Crafts', V&A Album 4, p.321, fig.2
Collection
Accession number
FE.57A-1984

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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