Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 244
ing (Legge, Chinese Classics, Vol. IV, p. 547) and once inTso chuan, did not form part of an armor, but were metal ornaments which served forpurely decorative purposes, and emitted pleasing sounds when the animal moved. 2 Legge, /. c, Vol. V, p. 345. 306 Horse Armor 307 pointed out (p. 174), is an… … Fig. 51.Armored Cavalier on Caparisoned Horse, Clay Figure in Collection of Mr. G. Eumorfopoulos,London (after Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Early ChinesePottery, Plate iv). In 519 a.d., A-na-kuai, the King of the Juan-juan,1 presented to theEmperor Su-tsung of the Wei dynasty one set of…
Sculpture -- China · Arms and armor, Chinese · China -- Antiquities
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