Artist: Tang Cheng 唐成 Material: Porcelain, silver matte glaze with sand texture (砂质银釉) Technique: Sand-textured matte silver glaze, high-temperature firing

Dimensions: 36×15×24 cm (L×W×H) Year: 2022 The rabbit is the fourth animal of the Chinese zodiac. Unlike the tiger that precedes it or the dragon that follows, the rabbit does not command — it observes. In the cultural imagination, it carries the cool intelligence of moonlight and the quiet discipline of scholarship.

Tang Cheng's rabbit is shown recumbent, long ears raised, body relaxed but attentive. The lines have been reduced to the minimum required for recognition; the form is contemplative rather than charming.

The glaze is a matte silver with a faint sand-like tooth in the surface — not polished, not reflective. It reads closer to moonlit stone than to metal. In certain light, the silver warms and recedes; the piece is not one colour but a range of silvers.

A gift for the Year of the Rabbit, for readers and thinkers, and for the quiet corner of a room where the light is low.