Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Wyman · leaf 182
and fruits, prepared for the shades ofthe departed. The principal forms go back to a far distant antiquity and havebecome gradually moulded into fixed lines under the influence ofthat convention and routine which prevail in Chinese art. Theintroduction of Buddhism in the Han dynasty was the first… … Fio. 51.^Sacrificial Wine Vase. Tsu^f. Tao-tieh Ogro and other cuaventional Designs. No. 193-76. H 19i D. I-} BRONZE. 89 true, have a certain grace of form and jnirity of outline, but tliemajority are heavy, barbaric, of ill-balanced proportions; andeven the happiest models are not free from a…
Art, Chinese · Decorative arts
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