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... motif already legitimized by time and tradition . Such images multiplied throughout the fifth century in the region of Pontic Scythia , but by the early fourth century they had disappeared . It is noteworthy , however , that aspects of ...
... motif already legitimized by time and tradition . Such images multiplied throughout the fifth century in the region of Pontic Scythia , but by the early fourth century they had disappeared . It is noteworthy , however , that aspects of ...
Page 63
... motifs of the handles : 1. TWIN LIONS . Two lions standing on their hind legs , together raising a basket ( ? ) over their heads with their front legs . In most cases the heads of the two lions are turned in different directions . This ...
... motifs of the handles : 1. TWIN LIONS . Two lions standing on their hind legs , together raising a basket ( ? ) over their heads with their front legs . In most cases the heads of the two lions are turned in different directions . This ...
Page 155
... motif in the art of the Altai ( e.g. , figs . 20 , 21. ) One finds the motif repeated at Issyk , with feline heads surmounting a row of gold mountains on the crown ( fig . 15 ) and ornamenting the borders of the richly embellished ...
... motif in the art of the Altai ( e.g. , figs . 20 , 21. ) One finds the motif repeated at Issyk , with feline heads surmounting a row of gold mountains on the crown ( fig . 15 ) and ornamenting the borders of the richly embellished ...
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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