Chinese Toggle Depicting a Rabbit

A hunched rabbit in blue-green with one long ear laid flat against its shoulder.

This toggle depicting a rabbit is from China. It is carved jade. Toggles originally worn for practical use later became valued gifts and artworks, and the article notes that the netsuke of Japan, a similar counterweight for kimono sashes, originated with Chinese toggles. The animal crouches with a rounded back and a pointed muzzle, its folded ear lying along the body. Color shifts from slate-blue to olive-brown at the head and feet. Fine incised lines mark the haunch and the surface is glossy. It is 2.25 inches wide, 0.75 deep and 1.25 high.

Looks like it heard something and decided to hold still.