The Palace Museum in Beijing has shared a range of photos of its collection of crab-themed relics on micro blog Sina Weibo in celebration of the crab season. Autumn is the best season to eat hairy crabs, as they are most fertile and tasty at this time of the year. If you are not able to eat the appetizing crab right now, why not take a look at the crab-themed relics in the Forbidden City first?
A famille rose fruit tray holding sculptures of a crab and various fruits. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A silver-plated gold hair clasp embedded with beads and decorated with coral and crab patterns. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A wooden ink pad in the shape of a crab. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A bamboo-carved writing-brush washer decorated with flower and crab patterns. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A petal-style gray jade Shui Cheng (a small container of water for ink stone) carved with a crab. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A red lacquered box carved with chrysanthemum and crab patterns. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A gray jade ink rest in the shape of a crab. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A bamboo engraved arm rest carved with lotus and crab patterns. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
A Song Dynasty (960-1279) painting portrays lotus leaves and a big crab. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]
