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Description: | See Stephan Feuchtwang, 1974, 'An Anthropological Analysis of Chinese Geomancy', Vientiane: Editions Vithagna. Part Two of the book, titled 'The indigenous model', explains the significance of the several rings and the symbols in them.
Divining compass, luopan, for fengshui. Black lacquered wooden disc with a glass-covered magnetic compass in the centre. The top surface is inscribed with 15 rings of Chinese texts in red and gold paint, the eight-trigram occupy the first inner ring of the compass. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | divination compasses wood Geomancy compasses (surveying & navigational) lacquer glass paint | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-10727 | Go to resource |
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