All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1487987
(stock #M0781)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £2,200.00
GBP £2,200.00
Very Rare Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Stone Toad Money Tree Base (AD 25 - 220)
This extremely rare toad-shaped pedestal, or base, for the legendary coin-shedding tree dates to the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220) and has been excavated from Sichuan province. The coin-shedding, or money, tree is known from late Han Dynasty funerary art from the south-west of China. It was believed that if shaken, coins would fall from it...