Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 185
ol. II, p. 15. 8 Yuan shi, Ch. 43, p. 5 b (Kien-lung edition). 248 Chinese Clay Figures Dynasty (Huang chao It ki tu ski, Ch. 13, p. 53) a piece of chainmail is illustrated (reproduced in Fig. 39) under the name so-tse kia.It is recorded that in 1759, after the subjugation of Turkistan,… … Fig. 39.Iron Chain Mail from Turkistan (from Huang chao li ki tu shi). a document recording this event was draughted, and deposited be-neath those objects in the treasury. This shows that in the Kien-lungperiod chain armor was foreign to the Chinese and considered an objectof curiosity and rarity.…
Sculpture -- China · Arms and armor, Chinese · China -- Antiquities
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