Antique Chinese Carved Yellow And Brown Jade Rabbit. The Rabbit Rests On All Fours With His Head Resting On His Front Paws. Curved Tail. Realistically Carved. Drilled Hole Through Its Center So It Can Be Worn As An Amulet. Exquisitely Carved With Fine Sharp Details And A Soft Silky Polish And Patina. Song Dynasty. Approximately 1 7/8" Wide x 3/4" Deep x 1" High.
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Sotheby's Hong Kong - December 1, 2016 -
THE MUWEN TANG COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADES:
Lot #32
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'RECUMBENT RABBIT' PENDANT
SONG DYNASTY
of almost semi-circular form, well worked as a recumbent rabbit with its head resting on its forelegs, pierced through vertically with an aperture, the white stone with faint russet inclusions
5.3 cm, 2 in.
Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD
LOT SOLD 175,000 HKD - Approximately $22,000USD
CATALOGUE NOTE
Small carvings of hares and rabbits are known from as early as the Han and Tang dynasties, such as one included in the exhibition Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 39; and another in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 26:9, where the author notes that ‘the relatively large numbers of hares suggests that they were especially favoured, perhaps because the hare was associated with the moon, where it was said to pound the elixir of immortality’, p. 365.
A further similar carving in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, is illustrated in Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, pl. 210; another is published in Zhongguo meishu quanji. Yuqi [Complete collection of Chinese Art. Jade], vol. 9, Beijing, 1991, pl. 246; and a third was sold in these rooms, 8th October 2010, lot 281.
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For A Similar Example:
Sotheby's Hong Kong - December 1, 2016 -
THE MUWEN TANG COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADES:
Lot #32
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'RECUMBENT RABBIT' PENDANT
SONG DYNASTY
of almost semi-circular form, well worked as a recumbent rabbit with its head resting on its forelegs, pierced through vertically with an aperture, the white stone with faint russet inclusions
5.3 cm, 2 in.
Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD
LOT SOLD 175,000 HKD - Approximately $22,000USD
CATALOGUE NOTE
Small carvings of hares and rabbits are known from as early as the Han and Tang dynasties, such as one included in the exhibition Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 39; and another in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 26:9, where the author notes that ‘the relatively large numbers of hares suggests that they were especially favoured, perhaps because the hare was associated with the moon, where it was said to pound the elixir of immortality’, p. 365.
A further similar carving in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, is illustrated in Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, pl. 210; another is published in Zhongguo meishu quanji. Yuqi [Complete collection of Chinese Art. Jade], vol. 9, Beijing, 1991, pl. 246; and a third was sold in these rooms, 8th October 2010, lot 281.
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