A BRONZE FIGURE OF LIU HAI AND THREE-LEGGED TOAD Ming DynastyA BRONZE FIGURE OF LIU HAI AND THREE-LEGGED TOADMing DynastyDeftly cast standing on one leg, the Immortal's other leg raised and caught by the three-legged toad, his left hand holding a large coin, his right hand holding a gourd, clad in long flowing robes with his rotund belly exposed, all supported on a rocky plinth. 16cm (6 1/2in) high. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅劉海戲蟾立像Compare with a related gilt-bronze incense burner in the form of Liu Hai standing on his toad, 16th/17th century, illustrated by Sydney L.Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.21.See also a related bronze figure of Liu Hai, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Paris, 26 October 2022, lot 293.