The stone of a pale grey tone, with russet encrustations. (L: 4 5/8 in.)PROVENANCE: The Jizhen Zhai CollectionProperty from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PUBLISHED: Fang Jing Pei et al, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar"; New York, 1997, p. 76, fig. 67 NOTE: For a similar but larger white marble crouching hare dated to the Tang dynasty, see the example from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull, sold Sotheby's, New York, December 6, 1983, lot 252