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Chinese clay figures (1914)

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 105

An illustration from Chinese clay figures, 1914, leaf 105
cking in the Chinese specimens,— asingle oblong loop-handle. 168 Chinese Clay Figures As stated by a great number of commentaries,1 the se kung were carvedfrom wood if rhinoceros-horn were lacking. Certainly, there could havenever been any want of bovine horns; and it is inconceivable that… … va> m Fig. 23.Bronze Rhyton attributed to Han Period (from Po ku tu lu). in two and smoothing the edges to enable them to drink wine from them,which appears as a survival of the ancient rhinoceros-horn goblets.They did not carve their cups from ox-horn, however: they merelysplit the latter, as…

Sculpture -- China · Arms and armor, Chinese · China -- Antiquities

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