Japan Antique White Garden “Moon Gazing” Rabbit
$750.00
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Here’s a beautiful and unique way to accent your special garden spot with this unusual treasure from Japan!
This is a hard to find antique solid and finely cast bronze effigy of a tall white “moon gazing” garden rabbit usagi . It was sourced from a large American collection this past year. It measures 8 inches tall.
It is an older one and surely from a talented Japanese designer and maker.
It is heavily cast and possesses a gently used, handsome white color worn patina with pink ear accents .
It would surely “pop” out in splendid fashion in your favorite garden spot!
Dimensions: 8 inches tall and 5 inches length and 3.5 inches deep
Quality: Finely cast hair lines, tale, neck ornament (maybe a bell) and other details; good condition with an attractive old white color patina
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity. We are members of NAJGA- North American Japanese Garden Association.
Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.
Moon Gazing Rabbit
The Moon rabbit or Moon hare usagi is a mythical figure in Far Eastern folklore . He is thought to also live on the Moon that identify the hare with the dark markings on the near side of the Moon. The folklore originated in China and then spread to other Asian cultures. The rabbit is seen as pounding with a mortar and pestle – pounding the elixir of life for consumption and show hand production making of cakes. In Japanese and Korea the rabbit is pounding the ingredients for mochi or some other type of rice cakes.
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