The present bamboo carving of a frog was in the Wang Shixiang Collection and was one of his most prized possessions. It was included in his bamboo collection catalogue Zhuke jianshang, Taipei, 1997, p. 64, no. 17, in which he said “Of all the bamboo root carvings of frogs that I have seen, none surpasses this.”
23?4 in. (7 cm.) long
此竹根雕蛙曾为王世襄先生旧藏。 王石襄先生曾于《竹刻鉴赏》书中称赞此蛙,曰:「余见竹根蟾蜍多矣,未有胜于此蛙者」。