Bulletin (Östasiatiska Samlingarna (Stockholm, Sweden))"Bibliography of publications based upon collections made with the support of the Swedish China research committee, by Fr. E. Åhlander": Bulletin no. 1, p. 185-191. |
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E. THE DISPLAYED BODY AND “ DEVOURING ” DISPOSITION OF THE ANIMAL IMAGE AS OTHER DEVICES SIGNIFYING METAMORPHOSIS If the self - transforming life cycle of death and rebirth of the cicada insect signifies spirit metamorphosis in Shang ...
E. THE DISPLAYED BODY AND “ DEVOURING ” DISPOSITION OF THE ANIMAL IMAGE AS OTHER DEVICES SIGNIFYING METAMORPHOSIS If the self - transforming life cycle of death and rebirth of the cicada insect signifies spirit metamorphosis in Shang ...
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Like the mask and cicada , the “ displayed body " image is rendered in both abstract and representational forms . The simplest of the more representational versions are the front and reverse images on the exterior of the marble liding ...
Like the mask and cicada , the “ displayed body " image is rendered in both abstract and representational forms . The simplest of the more representational versions are the front and reverse images on the exterior of the marble liding ...
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Following Hayashi's identification of Kui with this displayed image , I suggest that this distant primordial ancestor was perceived as religiously powerful , as a distant ruler with the priestly power of spirit transformation and ...
Following Hayashi's identification of Kui with this displayed image , I suggest that this distant primordial ancestor was perceived as religiously powerful , as a distant ruler with the priestly power of spirit transformation and ...
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abbreviated abstract According ancestral portraits animal animal image animal mask Anyang appears argali Beijing bird body bone bone inscriptions buffalo carried century chariot China Chinese cicada claws Collection deceased decorated deer depicted described devouring ding displayed divined Drawing dynasty earlier Early ears evidence example extension face feathers four funeral graph hall head Henan horns human hunt identified illustrated imagery inscriptions jade king known Lady Late Shang later limbs meaning Middle Ming Ming dynasty Museum offered official op.cit origin painted painter pattern Period person placed Press province Qing qingtongqi reference religious remains rendered representation represented rite ritual royal scholar seen Shang bronze significant silk similar species spirit spirit-tablet style symbol Taipei taotie term tiger tomb tradition University vessel Wenwu wife wild Xiaotun Yinxu Zhongguo Zhou