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Chinese art (1905)

Bushell, Stephen W. (Stephen Wootton), 1844-1908, Victoria and Albert Museum · London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Wyman · leaf 396

An illustration from Chinese art, 1905, leaf 396
and knotted tail, is a fair representative of thehardy twelve-hand Mongolian race ; while the fur-clad rider,with his small fur-trimmed bonnet crowned with a plume of fal-cons feathers, and his large earrings, might be met on the northernmarches of Tibet to-day. He sits high in the saddle, pressing… … Fig. 128.—Chao Yung, ijth Century, a.d.A Tangut horsfnuin returning from the chase.Bushell Collection. L. 42 m., \V. 24 in. S941 PICTORIAL ART. 137 a small hunting bow with a quiver of arrows on his left arm, and apheasant hangs dowar behind beside the saddle-bag of leopardskin. The next picture,…

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