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29-127-1575

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-127-1575
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Daoist
Provenience China
Date Made 1654
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Zodiac | Animals | Zhang Tianshi | Celestial Master Zhang | Earthly Branches
Description

Obv. Zhang Tianshi 張天師 "Celestial Master Zhang". 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 11500 - R. C. H. Brock Collection Number | 1654 - Other Number

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