Object Number | 91-26-57 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese (uncertain) | Japanese (uncertain) |
Provenience | China |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Zodiac | Eight Trigrams | Bagua |
Description | Obv. The eight trigrams, bagua (八卦) with corresponding characters (from the bottom and moving clockwise): kun 坤 (earth), dui 兑 (lake), qian 乾 (heaven), kan 坎 (water), gen 艮 (mountain), xun 巽 (wind), zhen 震 (thunder), li 離 (fire). Rev. Twelve earthly branches of the zodiac with corresponding Chinese character and animal (starting at the bottom, moving clockwise):寅 (tiger), 卯 (rabbit), 辰 (dragon), 巳 (snake), 午 (horse), 未 (goat), 申 (monkey), 酉 (rooster), 戌 (dog), 亥 (pig).子 (rat), 丑 (ox). |
Credit Line | Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1991 |
Other Number | 1064 - Other Number |
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