Talisman

A1220

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number A1220
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan
Provenience Tibet
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Technique Engraved
Iconography Zodiac | Bagua | Magic Numbers | Rubal | Tortoise
Inscription Language Tibetan Language
Description

Talisman. Flat charm disk of brass with Rubal the golden tortoise at the top and auspicous symbols running around the perimeter. The twelve zodiac animals appear around the eight trigrams, bagua (八卦). The center contains a diagram made up of nine magic numbers.

Outside Diameter 6.02 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Alexander Scott, 1914

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