Chinese Sitting Frog Bronze Seal or Chop seagrass white on the sides

white on the sides

body and tail feathers

The seasonal materials with which this basket was made are indigenous to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington

The thin yet durable quality of bear grass allowed for a minute arrangement of warp and weft

Chinese Sitting Frog Bronze Seal or Chop seagrass white on the sidesThis vintage Chinese "sitting frog" solid bronze seal or chop is beautifully detailed with incised circles for spots. On the side of the chop is incised text, which may once have read "CHINA" backwards (now it reads "HINA"); underneath on the base are Chinese characters. I believe it dates from the early 20th century. Fully functional as a stamp if inked or pressed into a wax seal, it is also just a great little object to have sitting around. This