Beautiful white ceramic figurine of Year of the Rooster from the Chinese Zodiac. White rooster figurine measures 4 1/2 inches tall, 3 1/4 inches wide and 3 3/4 inches deep. All ceramic figurines are porcelain figurines. If a ceramic figurine is made of clay that is not porcelain slip, it is technically called a terra cotta figurine.
In China, the rooster is very esteemed and that makes rooster statues very collectible figurines. Before alarm clocks, roosters had the important task of crowing to wake up the village so that everyone could get to work.
Not too surprisingly, roosters represent punctuality.
The Chinese New Year will start on February 12th, and it will last until January 31st of 2022. The Ox is the tenth out of the twelve zodiac signs: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. The years of the Rooster in the Chinese Horoscope are: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 and 2029.
In the Chinese Zodiac, the Rooster represents good luck because it was - and is - believed that their crows could shoo away negative spirits. It is also why roosters were sacrificed as their blood was believed powerful enough to shock evil back into the holes it crept from.
White porcelain figurine made in the USA.
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