Statuette

C678

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C678
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made Late Qing Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Jade | Jadeite
Technique Carved
Iconography Female | Moon | Hare
Description

Jade statuette. White and green jade, probably jadeite. Figure of woman holding a hare in her left hand. Right hand holds a spray of foliage. Probably represents the Princess from the moon palace holding a moon hare.

Credit Line Purchased from Wanamaker's Department Store; subscription of Eldridge R. Johnson, 1927

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