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This type of religious image sharing a centralized animal ( or related semihuman
) face and abbreviated body extension of limbs ending in claws covers a long
time span of some 2000 years , from ca.3500 to 1500BCE . Although the species
of ...
This type of religious image sharing a centralized animal ( or related semihuman
) face and abbreviated body extension of limbs ending in claws covers a long
time span of some 2000 years , from ca.3500 to 1500BCE . Although the species
of ...
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This feature consistently appears in Shang imagery as a horizontally extending
limb that turns downward and ends in claws or is stylized as a curl . This
standardized abstraction of this theme is represented not only in the earliest but
also latest ...
This feature consistently appears in Shang imagery as a horizontally extending
limb that turns downward and ends in claws or is stylized as a curl . This
standardized abstraction of this theme is represented not only in the earliest but
also latest ...
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The more complex interpretation of the abbreviated limb and claw combination is
illustrated in the split representation of ... ram from M5 at Anyang ( Fig.32G ) , the
feet are naturalistically interpreted as cloven hooves rather than as bird claws .
The more complex interpretation of the abbreviated limb and claw combination is
illustrated in the split representation of ... ram from M5 at Anyang ( Fig.32G ) , the
feet are naturalistically interpreted as cloven hooves rather than as bird claws .
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