Bye Pig n Welcome Rat....
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| Bye Pig N Welcome Rat |
Its CNY time again n this lunar new year post features the intelligent Rat. Chinese zodiac runs in 12 year cycles n 12 years have flown since my post on the Year of the Rat 2008. (see link below)
https://baiyu-quietmuse.blogspot.com/2008/02/gong-xi-fa-cai-here-comes-ratty.html
I have few rat collectibles and can only rustle up 5 pieces but none as impressive as the 2008 piece.😑
The first is a black incense pot ( perhaps color wise not so appropriate for CNY ) with 5 rats carved on it. Not sure what the symbolism of Rats on a Pot is but its pretty striking
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| Black bronze pot with 5 rat carvings |
Next is a snuff bottle with rat etched on both sides borrowed from Heng.
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| Snuff bottle with rat drawing |
Again the color is black. Seems black and white are the 2 colors for depicting rats. Below are 2 whitish grey small jade carvings of the tiny creature.
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| Crouching rat |
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| One on the right has a touch of green in the jade |
And last I managed to get this pink glass Micky Mouse to cheer up this post of Lunar New Year 2020 of the Rat
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| Is it Year of the Rat or Year of the Mouse? 🐭🐁🐀 |
