Chinese Toggle Depicting Rabbit

Smooth white lump with a faint ear and a hint of haunch rests like a well-fed pebble.

This toggle depicting rabbit is from China, and dates to the 19th century. It is jade. The dragon is a popular toggle motif symbolizing wisdom, ambition and prosperity, a five-clawed version represented the emperor, and a dragon with a phoenix suggested marriage and was a wedding gift. Plump and milky white, the small form has a rounded back and a lightly incised outline suggesting an ear and tucked legs. The surface is very smooth and softly lustrous, with no sharp edges anywhere and no color beyond a faint creamy tone. It is 1.5 inches wide and 1 deep.

Soft, round and in no hurry whatsoever.