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  • 13. Nanmu Tiered Divination Box and Cover

    13. Nanmu Tiered Divination Box and Cover

    Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century
    Height: 8.4cm
    Width 6.0cm

    It is likely that this box was used for divination purposes given the combination of trigram and other divination characters carved on the interior of the different layers. The small circular depressions aligned with each character would suggest that a single bead or similar object was placed in each layer, the box shaken and the divination read according to how the bead had fallen.
     
    • 13. Nanmu Tiered Divination Box and Cover
    • 13. Nanmu Tiered Divination Box and Cover

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