Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾
Taoist Immortal  Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾

Taoist Immortal Liu Hai Gama Sennin on Money Frog Vintage Chinese Bronze Censer 劉海蟾

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Vintage Chinese Bronze Incense Burner
Taoist Lui Hai 劉海蟾
On Money Frog Censer
Origin: China, Circa: early-mid 1900s'
H 7 in. (25cm), W 5.5 in. (11.5cm), D 6 in. (9cm)
Condition: o.a. Very good!

This early 1900s Chinese bronze censer depicting the Liu Hai (Japanese: Gama Sennin) in a contemplative form. His facial features are childlike, clothed in sumptuous robes exhibiting two embossed lucky bats on the sleeves, and a longevity crane on his back. He is holding the mythical three-legged Money Frog in his right hand, and in his left a row of Chinese gold coins. Crouching beneath the sage is a large frog censer. Frogs are revered in many cultures as a magical totem, and ethnopharmacology has revealed that some of these bufo-toxins found in them are indeed quite transformative: ranging from highly potent painkillers to hallucinogens. Hence this early 20th-century censer was undoubtedly used as a censer and a positive Feng-Shui object. It is in excellent condition.