Bulletin, Issues 55-57The Museum, 1983 - China |
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THE STAG WITH BIRD - HEADED ANTLER TINES : A STUDY IN IMAGE TRANSFORMATION AND MEANING by Esther Jacobson The stag with bird - headed antler tines is one of the most enigmatic and least - considered motifs in the imagistic vocabulary of ...
THE STAG WITH BIRD - HEADED ANTLER TINES : A STUDY IN IMAGE TRANSFORMATION AND MEANING by Esther Jacobson The stag with bird - headed antler tines is one of the most enigmatic and least - considered motifs in the imagistic vocabulary of ...
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... bird in full flight , and a recumbent stag ( Pl . 7 ) . Referring back to the earlier treatment of stag , bird and panther as self - contained images , this frontlet occurring side - by - side with the stag with bird - headed antler ...
... bird in full flight , and a recumbent stag ( Pl . 7 ) . Referring back to the earlier treatment of stag , bird and panther as self - contained images , this frontlet occurring side - by - side with the stag with bird - headed antler ...
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... birds ; and the articulation of an eagle - like bird as both predator and as integral part of the stag itself . 19 ) The Kul Oba stag is virtually the last Pontic Scythian example of zoomorphic juncture and transformation involving a ...
... birds ; and the articulation of an eagle - like bird as both predator and as integral part of the stag itself . 19 ) The Kul Oba stag is virtually the last Pontic Scythian example of zoomorphic juncture and transformation involving a ...
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