Solar cross, solar disc, bronze figure of Liu Hai

Bronze figure of Liu Hai, standing on a three-legged toad Qing dynasty, dated AD 1723 Liu Hai is an immortal associated with wealth. His three-legged toad, linked with the concept of immortality, has its origins in mythology of the late first millennium BC, in the classical text called the Huainanzi. The toad was thought to inhabit the moon, and lost one of its legs in order to correspond with the three-legged bird that inhabited the sun. OA 1992.6-12.1