Catalogue No.2
China: Tang Dynasty [ 618-907 ]
Length: 1.7/8in [ 4.8cm ]
Length: 1.7/8in [ 4.8cm ]
A russet-skinned jade model of a recumbent hare, its head resting on its forepaws and the long ears
pricked back, the stone with amber and dark brown inclusions.
Reference:
Plate 127, p. 95, Chinesische Jaden, Burkart-Bauer, Museum Rietberg, Zurich.
Plate 39, p.71, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1996.
In Chinese mythology the hare resides on the moon pounding the drugs which produce the elixir of immortality. It is also the fourth of the twelve zodiac animals.
Plate 127, p. 95, Chinesische Jaden, Burkart-Bauer, Museum Rietberg, Zurich.
Plate 39, p.71, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1996.
In Chinese mythology the hare resides on the moon pounding the drugs which produce the elixir of immortality. It is also the fourth of the twelve zodiac animals.