Bulletin, Issue 70"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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Another category of royal finds buried at the top of these cruciform chambers includes what the excavators and others identify as a sedan chair – a royal litter , a raised vehicle that served as a couch , theroetically for the king ...
Another category of royal finds buried at the top of these cruciform chambers includes what the excavators and others identify as a sedan chair – a royal litter , a raised vehicle that served as a couch , theroetically for the king ...
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6 ) .50 Whether or not this is the case , it seems certain that many of the sketches must have served as models for ancestral portraits . Three of the albums are equipped with wooden covers . They are all well organised with the ...
6 ) .50 Whether or not this is the case , it seems certain that many of the sketches must have served as models for ancestral portraits . Three of the albums are equipped with wooden covers . They are all well organised with the ...
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At that time the portraits seem to have served as a temporary seat of the spirit , from the moment the body was ... gradually lost their original function as ritual objects and today they merely serve as commemorative portraits .
At that time the portraits seem to have served as a temporary seat of the spirit , from the moment the body was ... gradually lost their original function as ritual objects and today they merely serve as commemorative portraits .
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