Red Pottery Zodiac – Rabbit

[Red Pottery Zodiac – Rabbit]

Red Pottery Zodiac – Rabbit, Tang, height 19.5 cm, width 5.2 cm
This life is a rabbit head, wearing a robe, and holding a wat board with both hands in front of the chest. The image is concise and concise, but the typical characteristics of the rabbit are still accurately displayed
The twelve zodiac signs refer to the twelve zodiac signs of rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. The twelve zodiac animals buried in the tombs of the Sui and Tang Dynasties can be divided into three types: one is a human body with animal face, wearing a robe, with both hands hanging down or holding a wat board intersecting on the chest, wearing the same clothes as the civil figurines, and the head is carved into the shape of an animal; The second is a human figure, standing or sitting, wearing a cage crown, a wide-sleeved robe, and holding the Chinese zodiac in his arms; The third is animals. According to the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, officials from the ninth grade to the first grade can bury the twelve zodiac animals after their death, which plays a role of tomb control. The arrangement is generally centered in the north with rats, turning from north to east to south to west and then turning to north. The rats and horses are connected to form a meridian (north-south) line