Bulletin, Issues 70-71The Museum, 1998 - China |
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The same animal image is represented earlier in Shang art , but usually within a circumscribing band rather than on an entire face of the vessel ( Fig . 1C ) . As time elapses and casting technology improves , imagery gradually expands ...
The same animal image is represented earlier in Shang art , but usually within a circumscribing band rather than on an entire face of the vessel ( Fig . 1C ) . As time elapses and casting technology improves , imagery gradually expands ...
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At this point in the evolution of the Shang vessel , imagery covers most of the vessel . The same evolution of the animal motif may be traced on all other bronze vessels , including , for example the small wine offering cup , the jue of ...
At this point in the evolution of the Shang vessel , imagery covers most of the vessel . The same evolution of the animal motif may be traced on all other bronze vessels , including , for example the small wine offering cup , the jue of ...
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The third vessel from Dayangzhou is an attachment in the form of a tiger on all fours ( Fig . 8C ) . Regional versions of Shang ritual vessels and their imagery are almost always more representationally “ real ” than ...
The third vessel from Dayangzhou is an attachment in the form of a tiger on all fours ( Fig . 8C ) . Regional versions of Shang ritual vessels and their imagery are almost always more representationally “ real ” than ...
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