Japan Tall Antique Bronze Garden Rabbit “Moon Gazing”
$1,250.00
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Here’s a beautiful and unique way to accent your special garden spot with this very unusual treasure from Japan!
This is a hard to find antique solid and finely cast bronze effigy of a tall “moon gazing” garden rabbit usagi with an attractive dark patina circa early last century. This was sourced from a large American collection this past year. It measures 9 inches tall.
It is an early one and surely from a top Japanese maker.
It is heavily cast and possesses a handsome red brown patina and would just splendid in your favorite garden spot.
Dimensions: Big, 9 inches tall and 5.5 inches length and 4 inches deep
Quality: Finely cast hair lines, tale, and other details; good condition with an attractive old 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 Japan and Korea the rabbit is pounding the ingredients for mochi or some other type of rice cakes
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