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... head with mas- sive horns as a feared , and by extension an auspicious , protective , apotropaic sym- bol . This is certainly the function of a ram's head placed prominently at the center of entrances to aristocratic underground tombs ...
... head with mas- sive horns as a feared , and by extension an auspicious , protective , apotropaic sym- bol . This is certainly the function of a ram's head placed prominently at the center of entrances to aristocratic underground tombs ...
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... head ( Also see Figs . 34 : A - H ) . As with the tiger , buffalo and stag , the abstract argali mask type may or may not be flanked by headdress and limb extensions . As represented by the excavated gui from Panlongcheng , Hubei ( Fig ...
... head ( Also see Figs . 34 : A - H ) . As with the tiger , buffalo and stag , the abstract argali mask type may or may not be flanked by headdress and limb extensions . As represented by the excavated gui from Panlongcheng , Hubei ( Fig ...
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... head of the displayed bodies is crowned not by a simple tiger mask but by the tiger head and feline body that is bifurcated in profile to the left and right of the mask . This use of bifurcation , sometimes labelled split ...
... head of the displayed bodies is crowned not by a simple tiger mask but by the tiger head and feline body that is bifurcated in profile to the left and right of the mask . This use of bifurcation , sometimes labelled split ...
Contents
The Metamorphic Image | 5 |
Cannibalism in the Dynastic Histories | 73 |
Chinese Ancestral Portraits Some Late Ming | 173 |
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abbreviated body abstract ancestral portraits animal image animal mask antlers Anyang argali Beijing bone inscriptions Bronze Vessels buffalo burial cannibalism chariot China chutu cicada claws Crack-making cut flesh deer Di Xin dynasty eaten emperor father fell ill Fu Hao funeral graph Guang Hebei Henan HHSJJ horns HSBZ human Huo Guang identified imperial jade jade-suit Kaogu keci Late Shang bronze Liang Liangzhu Longshan Lushi Chunqiu Middle Shang Ming Ming dynasty Muntjak Museum op.cit oracle bone painted qian Qing qingtongqi reign religious representation rite Ritual Bronzes Ritual Vessels sacrifice semihuman severe famine Shaanxi shan Shandong Shang imagery Shang king Shang ritual Shanhaijing Sika Sika deer stag symbol Taibei Tangshu taotie thigh ticou tiger tiger mask tomb Wang Wenwu Press wild Xiaotun Xibeigang yanjiu Yinxu Yinxu chutu Yuan Zhang Zhengzhou Zhongguo