Bulletin, Issues 55-57The Museum, 1983 - China |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 30
Page 115
... indicate how , in the fifth century , bird - heads appear superimposed on stag bodies . On a hammered gold plaque from Dubovaya , in the Dniepre region , dated to the fifth century B.C. , a standing stag displays a great beak - head on ...
... indicate how , in the fifth century , bird - heads appear superimposed on stag bodies . On a hammered gold plaque from Dubovaya , in the Dniepre region , dated to the fifth century B.C. , a standing stag displays a great beak - head on ...
Page 125
... indicate the direction of an imaginary central axis . This fact confirms the manner in which the great plaques from ... indicated the direction of a mutual central axis , be it on horse or on man.68 ) It follows that in the case of all ...
... indicate the direction of an imaginary central axis . This fact confirms the manner in which the great plaques from ... indicated the direction of a mutual central axis , be it on horse or on man.68 ) It follows that in the case of all ...
Page 141
... indicate an association shared by both the actual and the mythical world ( e.g. , the tiger with the ram , the tiger or ram with the mountain ) . Its identity as a mountain landscape is confirmed by the repetition of mountain ridges ...
... indicate an association shared by both the actual and the mythical world ( e.g. , the tiger with the ram , the tiger or ram with the mountain ) . Its identity as a mountain landscape is confirmed by the repetition of mountain ridges ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
animals antlers appear barrow beak-heads Bei Dao bird black-painted Bodhisattva body bronze Buddha Buddhist burial carved central century B.C. Ch'ien Liu Chavannes China Chinese Confucian crown cultural Dai Zhen dated decorative dragons Eastern Antiquities Emperor feline figure frontal Fu Xi fur-trimmings gold plaques griffon heads Hangchou headdress heavily stylized Hopei horse Hsiung-nu Hua-yen hybrid beast Ibid images imperial Inner Mongolia inscription Issyk Khitan Kuan-yin kurgan landscape Liao dynasty Liaoning literati Manchu Mongolia monk motif mountains mythic Neo-Confucian nomadic officials omens Pagoda Parinirvana pattern Pazaryk Photograph courtesy Plate poetry poets political portents predator Rect reign represented ribbons Round Ø Rudenko sculpture Scythian art Scytho-Siberian seal Sekino Shih Siberian Treasure silk Sitting lion soutache stone Sung symbolic Ta-t'ung Temple tiger Ting-hsien tomb tradition tree ts'ê Type Virginia Museum Wang Wu Shrines Wu Yüeh Wu-t'ai-shan Yin and Yang Zhu Xi