Vintage Shiwan Lucky Three Legged Toad PlanterChinese art is generally not whimsical but the ceramic objects made by Shiwan potters always make me laugh. This is another one a three legged toad with big bulgy eyes and warty skin planter that is so favored by Southern Chinese in the Mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Southeast Asia. This Three Legged Toad is a good representation of mid 20 century product from Shiwan, or Shekwan the pottery center of South China. Shiwan has a rich history, the

The bottle is light and extremely translucent

North Central China Date: 17th Century

The way the bamboo trees and leaves were done brings to the trees from the bamboo grove are generally swaying in the breeze

Dating: late 19 to early 20 century

The kilns has a long history of which the Ko-Kutani (old Kutani)pieces from the 17th and 18th century endeared themselves to the people of Japan by their use of bold designs or landscape depicted in the colors of green

No spoon provided

good condition

Ishiguro Koko was not as famous as the three generations of potters named Inoue Ryosa

25 inches deep and 6

The potters of Changsha were the first to successfully produced glazes of blue

fruits and plants - pomegranates (fertility) growing from a vase

the pottery center of South China