Bulletin, Issues 27-28The Museum, 1955 - China |
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Page 68
... bird of prey in the round . The pattern must have had the magic import of imparting to the arm that wielded the weapon the swiftness and sureness of a bird of prey . I saw many such caps during my stay at Shou - chou . Some I acquired ...
... bird of prey in the round . The pattern must have had the magic import of imparting to the arm that wielded the weapon the swiftness and sureness of a bird of prey . I saw many such caps during my stay at Shou - chou . Some I acquired ...
Page 69
... bird to be split open from chest to tail , and the flaps rolled up in order to make the bird fit over the lower part of the finial . This resulted in the two spirals that we see at the bottom of the chest and below the tail . It also ...
... bird to be split open from chest to tail , and the flaps rolled up in order to make the bird fit over the lower part of the finial . This resulted in the two spirals that we see at the bottom of the chest and below the tail . It also ...
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... bird is covered with representations of feathers and the tail with feathers that look like conventionalized scales . Below the wings are a pair of scaly legs each with two talons . The » bird seat » is facetted , leek - shaped in its ...
... bird is covered with representations of feathers and the tail with feathers that look like conventionalized scales . Below the wings are a pair of scaly legs each with two talons . The » bird seat » is facetted , leek - shaped in its ...
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Some Chinese Archaic Bronzes in the Danish National Museum | 1 |
Notes on the Kiaohsien Dialect 11 | 33 |
Selected Objects from ancient Shouchou | 41 |
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3rd century B. C. adze basin Belly fragment belt hook bird blackish brown colour blade BMFEA body bone Bottom diameter bowl breadth bronze century B. C. Pl char Chinese Collection H Collection H. H. Pl Collection MFEA Cord-impressions core brick-red core greyish cross-section curved dark brown colour dark grey Dark spots Decorated early Western edge fine and pale fine and straw-coloured flat Geijer granulated greyish brown head hien hole Incrustations inside intaglio jade Late Huai Late Huai-early Western loop mask motif Mouth diameter oval Painted décor pair pale brick-red pale brown pale straw-coloured palmette pattern Pazyryk Pekinese PLATE polished pottery preceding rectangular reproduced in Pl Rim fragment ring rounded shape sherds Shou-chou sides and lip silks slightly socket specimens Stockholm surfaces straw-coloured t'ao t'ieh textile Thickness upper vase vessel volutes and angles Ware Ware fine