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Historical Archive: Rabbits and Hares


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grave stone with Orpheus from Dunapentele, 2nd half of 2nd c., HNM
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rabbit or hare crouching facing R, numbered I, Roman ivory or bone game piece, CdM Froehner 97
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Roman hare fibula, bronze/enamel, c.150-200, Trier or Folklingen, SMB
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fragmentary hunt scene, 3rd or 4th c. (possibly German or Alexandrian), blown and cut glass, TMA 28.1888
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putto riding hare: seasons sarcophagus with menorah, marble, c.250-350, Rome MNR 67611, which has its own page
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pastoral sarcophagus with lid from Via Prenestina (Christian?), painted and gilt, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 31485 (ex 150). This work has its own page.
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Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page
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Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus (Three Shepherds Sarcophagus; Christian?), marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page.
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lintel with hare, cross, gazelle, and blessing from 6th-7th c. Cairo, wood, KM 0000.01.0192
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lintel with hare, cross, gazelle, and blessing, right part
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hare on right: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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cross shaft fragment, left side, limestone, 9th c., All Saints' Church, Otley. For other views of the cross see Otley.
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hare strap end, copper alloy, 10th c., MoL 3991
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hare, part of an ivory frame, Egypt 10th-11th c., transfer from V&A A.13-1934, BM
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silk/linen textile w. hares, Islamicate c.1100-35, Vat 66183
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silk/linen textile w. hares, full
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right: chancel arch 1160-70, Adel church, which has its own exterior and interior pages
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hunting frieze top left: hare, west façade completed by 1180, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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knight or saint with hare and dog(?): glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page.
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bowl base with hare, ceramic, Mamluk Sultanabad, Iran, 1252-1517, KM 1965.03.0044
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Creation: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page
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Chastity holding a hare: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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bottom center right: front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688
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hares in Paradise: Annunciation and Expulsion, Giovanni di Paolo, tempera on panel c. 1435, NGA 1939.1.223. This work has its own page.
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rabbit in Paradise: Giovanni di Paolo 1460-65, Last Judgment, SPN inv. 172, which has its own page
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Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels and rabbits see Cluny.
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3 hares window fr. Paderborn cathedral cloister, sandstone, Westphalia c.1500-20, DMP SK804. For oblique view see DMP.
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, tapestry, c.1600-50, Ypres, which has its own page with another rabbit
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moon rabbit (hare): Chinese rock crystal disk on wood stand, 1736 or 1796, PMA 1944-20-8a,b. This object has its own page.
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Jupiter (as Diana) and Callisto?, François Boucher 1744, Pushkin Ж 733. For scale see Pushkin.
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René Lalique, glass ashtray with rabbit c.1919-30, UMMA 1972/2.229
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René Lalique, glass ashtray with rabbit c.1919-30, UMMA 1972/2.229