A small mottled jade. Zhou Dynasty. Photo Bonhams

Carved as a running rabbit or hare; the stone of mottled grey-black hue. About 6.5cm (2½in) long. Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000, € 4,800 - 7,200, HK$ 49,000 - 73,000

Note: Jades of similar design, dated to the Late Shang/Western Zhou Dynasties (Circa 1100 BC-901 BC), are exhibited in the British Museum, room G33 (Museum Nos. BM1935,0115.20; BM1947,0712.467; BM1937,0416.55; and BM1945,1017.45). These are also illustrated by Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, BMP, 1995 (p. 231, fig. 1).

Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012. London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com