Period:Tang dynasty Production date:618-906
Materials:stone
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal
Dimensions:Length: 6.80 centimetres
Description:
Seal. Crouching hare on a rectangular base. Made of stone.
IMG
![图片[1]-seal(?); figure BM-1937-0716.161-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_01331698_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-seal(?); figure BM-1937-0716.161-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_01331699_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-seal(?); figure BM-1937-0716.161-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_01331696_001.jpg)
![图片[4]-seal(?); figure BM-1937-0716.161-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_01331701_001.jpg)
![图片[5]-seal(?); figure BM-1937-0716.161-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_01331702_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1995:It may have been a paper-weight or a tomb model. 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 pour the elixir of immortality. See also BM 1936,1012.170.
Materials:stone
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal
Dimensions:Length: 6.80 centimetres
Description:
Seal. Crouching hare on a rectangular base. Made of stone.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1995:It may have been a paper-weight or a tomb model. 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 pour the elixir of immortality. See also BM 1936,1012.170.
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