Hammer & Hand is a metal & jewellery collective based in Hobart, Tasmania and Bangalow, New South Wales.

Three Hares, sand-cast Bronze Brooch

The Three Hares …

Three Hares, Sand-cast silver

Three Hares, Sandcast silver and bronze, pendants and belt buckle

Somewhere, in Buddhist caves  near the old Silk Road in Western China .. around 500 CE, are found the earliest known examples of this enigmatic symbol. thought to have arrived there from west of there.. perhaps Persia ? There are examples in The British isles dating from around the 13th century and some from France and other areas in Europe.

http://chinesepuzzles.org/three-hares/