Vintage pair of Bronze Japanese "Moon Gazing" Rabbit sculptures

Vintage pair of Japanese "Moon Gazing" rabbit sculptures, cast in bronze with a dark patina.
Height 19cm

The Japanese moon-gazing rabbit, known as Tsuki no Usagi (月の兎), is a mythical figure from Japanese folklore that lives on the moon. Unlike Western cultures that see a "man in the moon," Japanese tradition views the craters of the full moon as the silhouette of a rabbit pounding rice to make mochi cakes