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29-127-1630

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-127-1630
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made 1675
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Zodiac | Bagua | Eight Trigram
Description

Obv. The eight trigrams, bagua (八卦) with corresponding characters (from the bottom and moving clockwise): li 離 (fire), kun 坤 (earth), dui 兑 (lake), qian 乾 (heaven), kan 坎 (water), gen 艮 (mountain), zhen 震 (thunder), xun 巽 (wind). 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 Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902
Other Number 11555 - R. C. H. Brock Collection Number | 1675 - R. C. H. Brock Collection Number

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