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91-26-59

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 91-26-59
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
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): dui 兑 (lake), qian 乾 (heaven), kan 坎 (water), gen 艮 (mountain), xun 巽 (wind), zhen 震 (thunder), li 離 (fire), kun 坤 (earth), there is a Yin Yang (阴阳) symbol in the center. Rev. Twelve earthly branches of the zodiac with corresponding Chinese character and animal (starting at the bottom, moving clockwise):子 (rat), 丑 (ox). 寅 (tiger), 卯 (rabbit), 辰 (dragon), 巳 (snake), 午 (horse), 未 (goat), 申 (monkey), 酉 (rooster), 戌 (dog), 亥 (pig).

Credit Line Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1991

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