#FrogFriday ๐Ÿธ:
A Lake with #Frogs
Mewar, North India, c.1720
Gouache heightened with gold on paper
Painting 7ยฝ x 7 in. (19 x 17.6 cm); folio 10ยผ x 8ยฝ in. (26 x 21.6 cm)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5722717
#IndianArt
For both #WorldFrogDay + #WorldSparrowDay today:
Cloisonne Enamel Plate (with #Sparrows & #Frogs )
Japan, late Meiji Era (late 19th - early 20th c).
Dia. 12 in.
https://mta-sts.antiquearena.com/lot/67840?auction_item_id=298
#JapaneseArt #BirdsInArt #FrogFriday

Three weeks ago, I found frogspawn on the ground near the pond. I scraped it up and dropped it into our tadpole cage. Some was on a trainer that had been left near the pond. I dropped the trainer into a bowl of water, as it proved impossible to remove the spawn. Today I saw movement in the bowl.

There are at least 13 tadpoles in the bowl. Unfortunately, the frogspawn in the pond hasn't hatched. It was likely laid a little earlier, and scraping it off the ground may have damaged it. #frogFriday

Not only is it the equinox, it's also World Frog Day! ๐Ÿธ

Here's a male green frog (๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด) from three years ago in Frear Park:

#WorldFrogDay #frog #FrogFriday #ranidae #frogs #amphibians

Vihernuolimyrkkysammakko (Dendrobates auratus).

La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica 28.1.2017

#frogfriday

#FrogFriday in the Ancient Americas wing at the Met ๐Ÿธ:
Moche artist(s); North Coast, Peru Stirrup-spout bottle with #toad 200-500 CE
Ceramic, slip
1992.60.8
#AndeanArt #PeruvianArt #IndigenousArt
#FrogFriday ๐Ÿธ:
Finger Ring (with #Frog & #Serpents)
Western Greek, 400-350 BCE
Gold, L 1.70 cm, Dia. 1.30/1.80 cm, 3.04g
British Museum 1872,0604.52 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1872-0604-52
#AncientArt