Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Wyman · leaf 98
s by age, and the wood gradually acquires a dead-leaf brown tint while it preserves its aromatic qualities, so thatthe superb columns of the sacrificial tomjilo of the Emperor Yung Lo,Fig. 28, which date from the early part of the fifteenth century,stm exhale a vague perfume. The pillars are… … < 60 a: .5 11 c c MRrjJTTnrTVRE. 51 geometrically divided into sunken jianels worketl in relief andlacquered with draf,ons or some other appropriate desif^ns. The stability of the structure depends u])on the wooden fiame-work ; the walls, which are filled in afterwards with blocks of stoneor…
Art, Chinese · Decorative arts
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