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Yin and Yang

The idea of opposite forces complementing each other is at the core of many belief systems. The Ancient Chinese concept of yin & yang is often represented by black & white 'taijitu', but also by broken and solid lines sometimes combined into trigrams. Curated by PAGODE partners

National Library of France

Scanning from an original document.; Part of the documentary ensemble: Masque1

The Royal Library: The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library

Three televisions fly in the air. One television has devil horns and sharp teeth, the other has wings and halo, and the third has a yin and yang sign on the screen. During the hovering television, various arms and legs are seen.

Museum Klok & Peel

Rijkversierde bel met trigramen, en twee draken die de zon aanbidden. Elk trigram bestaat uit een combinatie van drie horizontale, boven elkaar geplaatste lijnen. De lijnen kunnen Yin of Yang zijn. Een ononderbroken lijn is een (mannelijke) Yang-lijn; een…

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

OM-1989-0115; Korea collections - Joseon; Coated in clear glaze, this white porcelain stamp has a wide, round surface carved with a taegeuk ("yin-yang") motif and geometric decoration and has a hollow handle. The taegeuk symbol is at the centre …

Wellcome Collection

Or Tibetan 114 (cropped). Chart indicating good and bad bloodletting days and when to guard against demons. Detail: The chart contains a sme ba (9 figures symbolising the elements in geomancy) in the centre with the Chinese pa-kua (8 trigrams) surrounded …

Kulturen

Sidenemblem with a five-membered dragon facing a red base. Cloud formations. Overview in the middle a round sun in front of a swastika. In the sun an unusual unshaped yin-yang motif. The dragon makes with its upper claws about clouds and with its lower cl…

Postal Cabinet Museum of Barcelona (Marull’s Collection)

Història de l'objecte: Tipus de segell d'avís de devolució de l'imperi xinès tardà, emès durant el període de govern de la dinastia Qing (1644-1911).; Material/Tècnica: paper / impressió (dentat)

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

OM-1964-0133; Chow, E.t., & Drake, F.s., "Yong-lo and Hsüan-te, A study on blue-and-white porcelain. Part one - Pilgrim bottles", Journal of Oriental Studies, vol. 4, 1957-58, p. 108. Feng Xianming, "Yongle and Xuande Blue-and-White Por…

Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Inscription in Chinese script gives Li Chunfeng's name. Lettering includes artist's (?) stamp.

Wellcome Collection

Illustration titled 'Peace through anarchy' depicts the balance of inflammation in blood vessels. Three states; anarchy (Circle-A symbol; left), balance (yin-yang; centre) and peace (CND symbol; right) are shown, each essential for the health and …

Museum of Ethnography

Pendant, possibly for temples, entirely of glass beads on metal wire. At the top a flower of black pearls, ev lotus flower. In the middle of a circular plate with yin and yang and at the bottom another plate with ornaments. Between these plates hang rows …

Museon-Omniversum

Afbeelding in repoussé koper, met de voorstelling van 2 grof uitgevoerde gekruiste vajra's en het Yin-Yang symbool.

Museum of Ethnography

Case of brick-red silk with longitudinal opening in the middle of the back. In the short sides a patterned party as well as a round button with embroidered yin and yang characters.; Very worn and pale, a little wrinkled. The buttons are sitting loose. Spo…

Museum of Ethnography
Museum of Ethnography

Suit of silk with silk embroidery. It was reportedly to be of imperial origin, which in this case should be made clear that it was worked for one of the ladies of the court. The bottom fabric is joined by different colored silk pieces: dark violet, bright…

Museum of Ethnography
Museum of Ethnography

Japan; Vanadis - 09 Japan; On one side woodcuts with theatre scene, kneeling woman, standing man. On the back i.a. yin-yang in red.; …