Rabbit Shoes
CultureChinese
Date20th century
MediumWhite satin
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 inches (14.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss C. F. Bieber
Object number42-33/3 A,B
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Gallery LabelThis pair of children’s shoes are adorable, but they also carry a secret message to a married couple. In Chinese, the phrase for children’s shoes sounds like the word harmony, which extends to a four-word phrase, tong xie dao lao 同偕到老, which means, "May you grow old together in harmony".
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F95-34 A,B
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late 17th century
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