Origin of the myth of the moon rabbit carefully mixing the ingredients to make the elixir of life

Perhaps easier to see from this (flipped) image?

And bringing us right up to the present, China’s 2023 #YearOfTheRabbit stamp

Qing Dynasty: “Twin rabbits under a plane tree” silk painting by Leng Mei (c. 1670–1742 CE) Palace Museum, Beijing

Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 CE) crystal rabbit, Shanghai museum

Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE) - three rabbits chasing each other, Mogao Caves, Dunhuang (photo of a photo - pics not allowed in the caves)

Han dynasty - the moon rabbit mixing the elixir of life for the immortals - and an excitable frog - carved on Henan’s Shaoshi Que (少室阙) stone spirit way gates (c.123CE)

Western Zhou (～1045-771 BCE) bronze rabbit wine vessel (Beijing Poly Art Museum)