The hare is recumbent looking forward, its front paws crossed. The underside is carved with a seal reading “Ge Weixin”. The ivory has numerous vertical cracks. Ge Weixin has not yet been identified.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 140

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 31 May 1965 (£254); formerly in the collection of Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill of Northwick Park, sold Christie’s, London, 24 May 1965, lot 65

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2