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Subject:Re: Help with Maker's Mark/any info
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jan 24, 2015
This is a model of the mythical Three-legged Money Toad, often seen in the company of the Daoist alchemist and Immortal Liu Hai (see link).
The base-mark reads from the right and across in two lines as "Fujian Association, Made by Zhu Maosheng" (Fu-jian hui-guan, Zhu Mao-sheng zao - 福建會館, 朱茂盛造). Zhu Maosheng is a name that I believe has come up in the context of porcelain models and figures, but never to my knowledge in conjunction with period pieces of the well-known early 20th century "Fujian Association" of Jingdezhen potters.
I Googled the mark on this Money Toad model and came up with the same mark on what was described by several Chinese websites as a China Republic-era model of the Budai Heshang (Cloth Sack Monk or Happy Buddha), which appears to me to be a contemporary interpretation of such figures. A link to one of the Chinese websites is included herewith. I suspect that you toad model may also be contemporary.
Best regards,
Bill H.
URL Title :BudaiHeshang
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