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92-1-30

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 92-1-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Daoist
Provenience China
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Zodiac | Daoist Sage | Tiger
Description

Obv. Daoist sage and a tiger beneath a tree. Rev. Twelve earthly branches of the zodiac with corresponding Chinese character and animal (starting at the bottom, moving clockwise):戌 (dog), 亥 (pig),子(rat), 丑 (ox), 寅 (tiger), 卯 (rabbit)辰 (dragon), 巳 (snake), 午 (horse), 未 (goat), 申 (monkey), 酉 (rooster). Bronze disk decorated on both sides in relief, perforated at center by a round hole.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1992

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