Date: Tang dynasty (AD 618-907)

Dimensions: Height 9.7 cm, Bottom diameter 7.9 cm

Shanghai Museum

• Object Type：
  • CERAMICS
• Tag：
  • hare white glaze tang gongyi kiln

The hare is seated on its haunches with head held up, ears laid back and the large eyes painted in brown. Its body is covered in white glaze, and the unglazed underlying body at the bottom appears in white. This figure should be a Gongyi kiln product, judging from similar broken pieces unearthed from the kiln.

In ancient China, white hares are signs of auspiciousness. Local officials often present them as ritual offerings to the central government. People also associate white hares with filial conducts, as documented in the Old Book of Tang and the History of Song.

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