Divining Block
21952B
From: California (State) | San Francisco (California)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 21952B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | California (State) | San Francisco (California) |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | One of a pair of Kan pui or jiaobei (筊杯), divining blocks. Half moon shaped. Faint traces of red paint, otherwise unpainted. Each block has the Chinese character 宙 zhou meaning "universe" written in red on the top. |
| Credit Line | Gift of John Wanamaker, 1900 |
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