Baccarat Crystal Ox (cow) 1997

Beautiful Vintage Baccarat Oxen or Cow laying down. Zodiac Animals by BACCARAT Description: Chinese Zodiac; Animals; France Pattern: Zodiac Animals by Baccarat Status: Active. Actual: 1991 - The most recent years of the Ox are 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, and 2021. Element: Earth Baxter (1992): *ŋʷjɨ Baxter–Sagart (2014): *ŋʷə Hanyu Pinyin: niú Hokkien POJ: gû Middle Chinese: ngiu It is 2.75" At its tallest point and 4" Long Baccarat Made in France logo is located on the bottom near the tail The Ox (牛) is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems. The Chinese term translated here as ox is in Chinese niú (牛), a word generally referring to cows, bulls, or neutered types of the bovine family, such as common cattle or water buffalo. The zodiacal ox may be construed as male, female, neutered, hermaphroditic, and either singular or plural. The Year of the Ox is also denoted by the Earthly Branch symbol chǒu (丑). The term "zodiac" ultimately derives from an Ancient Greek term referring to a "circle of little animals". There are also a yearly month of the ox and a daily hour of the ox (Chinese double hour, 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.). Years of the oxen (cows) are cyclically differentiated by correlation to the Heavenly Stems cycle, resulting in a repeating cycle of five years. No chips, Cracks or otherwise Damaged Make an Offer