NRI2/8/13/5/8
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Wooden ba gua 八卦 apotropaic mirror plaque with an image of Zhou Cang 周仓 riding a tiger, 1980?
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/13/5/8
Scope and Contents
This is a wooden ba gua 八卦 apotropaic mirror plaque with an image of Zhou Cang 周仓 riding a tiger. The tile is painted red with a carved ba gua 八卦 symbol at the top. The bearded man riding the tiger just below the symbol is Zhou Cang 周仓, a warrior of the Three Kingdoms period, and godchild of Guan Yu 關羽, a fierce military general who became deified after his death. Zhou Cang is holding a sword in his right hand and a wide curved object in his left. The mirror in the centre of the ba gua has...
Dates:
1980?
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