Antique Chinese Silver Ornament with A Rare Ba-Gua Center Piece with Yin-Yang motif and Old Turquoise & Carnelian Stone. There is an auspicious symbol of coin on a bead and a bone bead on the chain as well. This Qing Dynasty piece might have been part of a larger piece. Over 100 years old.
Ba-Gua is the map that composes of the traditional Chinese Lunar calendar and is often accompanied with the Yin-Yang sign. This map was said to have developed originally out of the astrology signs in ancient time in China with the sun, moon, and stars orbiting which allowed the ancient ancestral wisdom to assess the times when best to plant, to harvest, to avoid the natural disasters, and others as the celestial orbiting created essential information such as the angle and degree of the light reflected on the earth at certain times, etc. which were precious knowledge during an agricultural society. Up till today, many Chinese and Asian people still follow this lunar calendar in guiding their yearly, monthly, and daily activities, as well as for life's important matter.

Yin-Yang is a well known sign in Daoism, representing the two both opposite and accompanying forces in the universe that essentially is the base of all human life and things that cycle in the universe.


Dimensions: 7 1/4" L. The center Ba-Gua piece is 1 1/4" in diameter and 3/4" in depth.

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