Bulletin, Issue 35, Pages 129-140The Museum, 1963 - China |
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Page 133
... vessel of the one just mentioned , is decorated with the heads of a buffalo or ox . These types of animal were ... vessel or object . The artist never lost sight of the function of the vessel and he always adapted his design to the shape ...
... vessel of the one just mentioned , is decorated with the heads of a buffalo or ox . These types of animal were ... vessel or object . The artist never lost sight of the function of the vessel and he always adapted his design to the shape ...
Page 134
... vessel as the artist saw fit . Pl . XVI.1 , a ch'i tetrapod from Hunan , is decorated with a human face on the four sides . The main decor is the human face in the shape of a disc and the pair of ears so stylized that they may be taken ...
... vessel as the artist saw fit . Pl . XVI.1 , a ch'i tetrapod from Hunan , is decorated with a human face on the four sides . The main decor is the human face in the shape of a disc and the pair of ears so stylized that they may be taken ...
Page 135
... vessel with the long tail and the hind leg on the front part of the vessel . The shape of the ewer is actually a combination of a tiger and an owl . Pl . XII.1 is a ho pot with a cover in the shape of a human head . But the creature is ...
... vessel with the long tail and the hind leg on the front part of the vessel . The shape of the ewer is actually a combination of a tiger and an owl . Pl . XII.1 is a ho pot with a cover in the shape of a human head . But the creature is ...
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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