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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