Tri-colored glazed hand holding rabbit female standing tile

[Tri-color glazed hand holding rabbit female standing tile]

Tri-color glazed hand holding rabbit female standing tile, Ming Dynasty, tile length 9 cm, mouth width 10 cm, height 38 cm
The tile back is a standing statue of a lady, with the left hand holding the rabbit, and the right hand long sleeve back swing, hidden behind. The tile body is partially incomplete, and the glaze color is yellow and green, but the characters are still yellow, green and white. Such glazed tiles in the Palace Museum are all from Shanxi, and there are also eight immortals, warriors, eunuchs and other characters with different identities. Their vivid shapes, distinctive clothes and ornaments have high artistic value. They are also important objects for studying the glazed tiles of the Ming Dynasty. It has a long tradition in China to express the twelve zodiac animals by holding the image of the animal head of the zodiac or the animal head of the human zodiac. The image of a lady holding a rabbit may also be a kind of Chinese zodiac tile to express people’s good wishes