Crystal rabbit, Southern Song to Jin dynasties, 1127-1234 C.E.-China Archive

Image Number: K1D000942N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Miscellaneous objects
Function: Clothing, accessories, stationery, stationery
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Crystal
Description:
Colorless transparent crystal, carved with a creeping rabbit, the rabbit’s head and ears are quite large in proportion. The carving is simple, and there is little detail. There is a straight thread from the back to the abdomen, which should be used to wear the lanyard group for playing. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were many realistic rabbit shaped jade sculptures, but the crystal rabbit of the Jin Dynasty unearthed in the ancient city of Shaijin on the Russian coast is the most similar to the one in the courtyard.