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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1700-1100BCE ) ritual bronze imagery . Since the 4thc.BCE tradition - bound scholars have relied on an Eastern Zhou textual reference to a demon devourer called taotie to explain Shang representation of some 1200 years earlier .
1700-1100BCE ) ritual bronze imagery . Since the 4thc.BCE tradition - bound scholars have relied on an Eastern Zhou textual reference to a demon devourer called taotie to explain Shang representation of some 1200 years earlier .
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Jordan Paper also recently speculated that the taotie in ritual imagery derived “ from either a mask - helmet signifying power and authority or the mask that is worn in symbolizing the spirit of the dead to whom sacrifices were offered ...
Jordan Paper also recently speculated that the taotie in ritual imagery derived “ from either a mask - helmet signifying power and authority or the mask that is worn in symbolizing the spirit of the dead to whom sacrifices were offered ...
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For a variety of views as to whether imagery is or is not significant see the recent publication edited by Roderick Whitfield , The Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes : Colloquies ...
For a variety of views as to whether imagery is or is not significant see the recent publication edited by Roderick Whitfield , The Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes : Colloquies ...
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