Rabbits/Hares

Rabbits on Heraldic Art. 

 

Rabbit (Penn Museum 68-30-1). Mexico - 600-900

Bowl with rabbit (The Louvre MAO 740). Iran - 10th-11th C. 

Bowl with two rabbits (The Met 1978.412.118). New Mexico - mid-9th–12th C. 

Mimbres bowl with rabbit (Dallas Museum of Art 1990.95.FA). New Mexico - 1000-1150

Animals coffer (Louvre OA 2775; 419; 64). Spain - 1050

Belt plate (Museum für Islamische Kunst I. 889 a). 13th C. 

Rabbit, bestiary (Cambridge University Library Kk.4.25, fol 74v), 1220-40

Rabbit effigy jar (Brooklyn Museum 70.154.12). Mexico - ca. 1250-1520

Rabbit, Der Naturen Bloeme (Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70, fol 24r) 1287 

chickpeas Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333, fol. 47r). Germany - 15th C.

Fragment (V&A Museum CIRC.184-1911). England - 15th C.

Dish (V&A Museum 4901-1858). Italy - 1450

Hound Chasing a Hare by Benozzo Gozzoli (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.61). Italy – ca. 1456-59

Tile (V&A Museum C.1193-1919). Spain - ca. 1475-1500

Bowl fragment (V&A Museum C.12C-1952). Italy - 1480-1500

Print by Albrecht Durer (V&A Museum 22604). Germany - 16th C.

Serving Dish (V&A Museum 4-1907). Spain - 1500-1525

Ceiling tile (V&A Museum C.214-1922). Spain - 1500-1550

Hunting and pastoral tapestry (National Gallery of Art 2014.136.300). France – ca. 1510

Dish (V&A Museum C.79-1929). Spain - 1550-1600

Engraving (V&A Museum E.2521-1913). Germany - 1582 

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