Bulletin, Issues 70-71The Museum, 1998 - China |
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To sum up , the ancestral portraits , which came into use around the beginning of the Song dynasty , were painted in the style ... painters and only in rare cases were well - known painters commissioned to paint portraits of this kind .
To sum up , the ancestral portraits , which came into use around the beginning of the Song dynasty , were painted in the style ... painters and only in rare cases were well - known painters commissioned to paint portraits of this kind .
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When ( the paintings ) were mounted and completed , they took the painting with the dragon robe and the putou headgear and placed it in front of the bier .... Although everybody reluctantly brought forth their offerings , they had seen ...
When ( the paintings ) were mounted and completed , they took the painting with the dragon robe and the putou headgear and placed it in front of the bier .... Although everybody reluctantly brought forth their offerings , they had seen ...
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More elaborate pre - printed or painted “ ancestral halls ” ( jizuzongpu For 祭祖 literally “ to perform rites in honour of ancestors – register ” ) were usually mounted as a scroll . They might contain a sort of pedigree or diagram of ...
More elaborate pre - printed or painted “ ancestral halls ” ( jizuzongpu For 祭祖 literally “ to perform rites in honour of ancestors – register ” ) were usually mounted as a scroll . They might contain a sort of pedigree or diagram of ...
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