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29-127-1540

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-127-1540
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience China
Date Made 1695
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Five Poisons
Description

Obv.富贵昌乐 Fu Gui Chang Le (riches and honor, prosperity and happiness). Rev. Five poisons: spider, centipede, scorpion, snake, and a three-legged toad. The top shows a tiger. This is known as a five poison amulet (五毒錢).

Credit Line Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902
Other Number 11465 - R. C. H. Brock Collection Number | 1695 - Other Number

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