Bulletin, Issue 35, Pages 129-140The Museum, 1963 - China |
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Page 129
... period in the fourth and third centuries B.C. And , now , with the publication of the Shang excavations he would not hesitate to label it as the fourteenth century B.C. Sir Ellis ' story has indeed touched a sore spot of the scholars ...
... period in the fourth and third centuries B.C. And , now , with the publication of the Shang excavations he would not hesitate to label it as the fourteenth century B.C. Sir Ellis ' story has indeed touched a sore spot of the scholars ...
Page 132
... period were decorated with animal masks , ( Pl . XV.3 ) , showing the beginning of the typical tao - t'ieh design , characterized by a flat animal face with two eye balls standing out in a relief higher than the rest of the design . It ...
... period were decorated with animal masks , ( Pl . XV.3 ) , showing the beginning of the typical tao - t'ieh design , characterized by a flat animal face with two eye balls standing out in a relief higher than the rest of the design . It ...
Page 135
... period . So the unusual way of adapting the animal mask as a decorative design in ancient China may simply signify good luck . It has been a characteristic expression of a typical Chinese mentality and many forms of the same character ...
... period . So the unusual way of adapting the animal mask as a decorative design in ancient China may simply signify good luck . It has been a characteristic expression of a typical Chinese mentality and many forms of the same character ...
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An-yang ancient China Andersson animal art animal designs Animal figures animal head animal style bird body bone bronze inscriptions centuries B.C. Ch'êng-tzu-yai ch'i tetrapod characters chin Chinese art cicada composite animal conventionalized Courtesy cover curved decorative design decorative patterns Decorative realism deer ears elab elephants eyebrows Freer Gallery Gallery of Art handle Honan Hong Kong horns Hou-chia-chuang human face human figure human head Hunan Hupei Incised animal mask inlay k'uei dragons Kansu Kiangsi kuang ewer kuei large number Late Shang legs Liang-ch'êng.chên Liaoning Lung-shan Ma-chia-yao Mizuno mouth Mu-fei collection neolithic nose oracle script Ordos bronzes Ostasiatiska p'an basin Painted human Plate pottery vessels primitive naturalism Private collection Pu-chao-chai rhinoceros Rostovtzeff Scythian Shang artist Shang China Shansi Shantung shape sheep Shih-chia-ho simplified animal forms Sir Ellis stylized T'ao-tieh masks technique tiger ting tripod tsun container type of animal various types wan bowl wên pien wood carving Yang-shao yu wine-can 許文