Buy Chasing Hares Pendant - Three Hares - Tinner's Rabbits - Lost Wax Cast

Three hares share three ears, yet each has two: this enigmatic symbol, something of a puzzle or "strange loop" in itself, has an equally puzzling and ancient history. The Chasing Hares have appeared in artwork ranging from sixth-century China through the Middle East and all the way to southwest England and Wales, where they can be found on the bosses of church ceilings and in stained-glass windows. The symbol may have been passed along by merchants as they followed the Silk Road, but each culture has invested it with its own meaning.

In Buddhism, the Chasing Hares may have signified peace and tranquility; in Judaism, the hares became a symbol of the diaspora. In the Earth-based religions of Celtic Europe and Great Britain, the three hares were strongly connected to fertility and fecundity, and may have been a symbol of the goddess Ostara, or Eostre - from whose name we get the word "Easter." In Christian churches, where the Chasing Hares often appear along with the Green Man, they have come to symbolize spiritual purity, the Trinity, and the Virgin Mary.

My rendition of the Chasing Hares shows three sleek rabbits captured in mid-bound, forming an equilateral triangle. The pendant is cast in solid sterling silver from a painstakingly hand-carved wax original, and each one is oxidized and hand-finished to a high shine.

• Pendant measures a little over 1" high (26 mm)
• Available with 20" sterling rolo chain or 2 mm leather cord with sterling clasp
• Cast in sterling silver from a hand-carved original model

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