Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Wyman · leaf 268
ossoming peach and other flowering trees ; and in the meshesof the network are posed two groups, a Buddhist hermit, above,accompanied by a lion, and another, in the middle, with an attend-ant monk carrying his palra almsbowl. The artist revels in themythologies of two religions to lift up a cup… … Fig. 83.—Cup of Rhinocehos Horn mounted on Pedestal.Carved with Buddhist and Taoist Mythological Subjects. No. 243-96. L. of Horn 2 ft. 2} in. CHAPTER V! LACQUER. Lacquer ha? furnished a prized material for one of the earUestindustrial arts of the Chinese, but we have no exact records of itsorigin,…
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