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Demon defence board
Traditional door amulet to ward off ominous demons.... Demon's face with insignia of power: a sword, the character for king (wang 王) between the eyes, with the Eight Trigrams of Yijing and the 太極 Taiji characters on the forehead, ending with the ribbon-like seven-pointed star at the top. Unschuld, Paul: Huichun - return to spring. Chinesische Heilkunde in historischen Objekten und Bildern, Berlin/Munich (Publications of the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin. Neue Folge 62, Abteilung Ostasien III. 1995, p. 201 (pl. 154)
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Object type
Amulet for the front door
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I D 48060
Related object(s)
is related to :
Objektbezug: I D 17316, Amulett für die Haustür (Apotropäischer Spiegel), mojiang (魔 鏡), Qing (Mandschu) –Dynastie (Ende), Wilhelm Grube (17.5.1855 - 2.7.1908)
Objektbezug: I D 17316, Amulett für die Haustür (Apotropäischer Spiegel), mojiang (魔 鏡), Qing (Mandschu) –Dynastie (Ende), Wilhelm Grube (17.5.1855 - 2.7.1908)
Objektbezug: I D 17316, Amulett für die Haustür (Apotropäischer Spiegel), mojiang (魔 鏡), Qing (Mandschu) –Dynastie (Ende), Wilhelm Grube (17.5.1855 - 2.7.1908)
Provenance and sources
when
1975
where
China [Land]
Hong Kong [Stadt]
who
Paul Unschuld - Collectors
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