Peace and Bagua Octagonal Taoist Plaque

Eight edges frame a circle of characters. Turn to the other face for the paired yin-yang curves and the line groups of the bagua.

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Ping an is a wish for peace or safety. It is the reason this motif is chosen for a peace-wish gift rather than a description of what the object can do.

The eight trigrams are arrangements of broken and unbroken lines. In a Taoist setting, the bagua can be chosen as a protective emblem for a household; the arrangement of the lines also gives the design its distinctive rhythm.

For display, decide which face you want to read from a little distance. Deep relief and narrow incised lines catch side light differently; leave room around the outline rather than pressing the face against another object.

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