A BLACK STONE CARVING OF A CROUCHING RABBIT POSSIBLY A GREIN WEIGHT

Estimated Value:

800 € - 1.200 €

Result:

1.683 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Ming dynasty or earlier
L. 15,5 cm
Shown crouching with ears laid back, and head resting on its forepaws on an oval stone base, this natuarlistic carving of a rabbit has possibly served as a standard weight for measuring grain in the marketplace.
Collection of Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich
Compare a similar carving preserved in the Walters Art Museum, described as grein weight, Acces.-no. 25.82 dated 1333. See also the carving of a crouching rabbit sold from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, Christie’s 20.3.2015, lot 765 and another stone carving of a hare sold Sotheby's New York, NY. ‚Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull‘, 6.12.1983, lot 252, now preserved in the Cleveland Museum of Art, purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.6 - Minor restorations

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